Example sentences of "not give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Pakistani called Jansher Khan is the champion , and they will not give him his prize money because he walked out of the official dinner . |
| 2 | The man in the attic had been dragged through the gaps under the roof to one of the empty houses next door , and from there to the bushes down by the beck where the sound of his coughing would not give him away . |
| 3 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 4 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 5 | When the defence requested more time to prepare their case , Jeffries raged , ‘ I will not give him a minute 's time more to save his life ’ . |
| 6 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 7 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 8 | Churlish indeed the man who wishes his neighbour a Merry Christmas but does not give him tangible proof of this to put on his mantlepiece . |
| 9 | Moreover , the incentive to the departmental manager will completely disappear when he/she realises that there is no virement : Thus , even if he can reduce his capital charge by £500 per month , this will not give him an extra £300 to spend on other items . |
| 10 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 11 | Alexander asked if the doctor knew what that something was , but he could not give him any answer . |
| 12 | But why not give him credit for a simple human weakness ; the attraction of eating a good dinner which he has n't had to cook ? ’ |
| 13 | And being organized did not give him pleasure . |
| 14 | He always understood that the papal decree imposed on himself an absolute personal obligation of obedience , but it did not give him a general responsibility for promoting the principle , or for enforcing the obedience of others . |
| 15 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 16 | Thanks to you , I can not give him my name , but I shall furnish him with everything else he needs , including love . |
| 17 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , we 've got him some pyjamas — all right , but why not give him something else as well ? |
| 19 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 20 | She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely . |
| 21 | ‘ You can not give him that , ’ Cleo said sharply . |
| 22 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
| 23 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 24 | Do not give him a pretext to strike you down . ’ |
| 25 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 26 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 27 | But his mother did not give him permission to work . |
| 28 | Rohan was older , of course , but he needed the kind of attention that Fabien could not give him , although he was devoted to the boy . ’ |
| 29 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 30 | In any case , she thought , I 'll not give him the opportunity to try . |