Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] give [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 She did n't want to give him the satisfaction .
2 I do n't want to give you the impression it 's buoyant there , it is n't .
3 I know I could n't begin to give you the kind of life you 'd have with Dunbar , but I 'd do everything in my power to make you happy . ’
4 It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here .
5 I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old .
6 I would n't have given you the mark for covered .
7 ‘ Yes , but you do n't have to give me the oranges .
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