Example sentences of "not [vb infin] her the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 2 | I for one will not give her the satisfaction of even seeming to care . |
| 3 | Nevertheless she said , ‘ Why not give her the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 4 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 5 | He did not hear her the first time , she had to repeat what she said . |
| 6 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 7 | Better not tell her the truth . |
| 8 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 9 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 10 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 11 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 12 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 13 | ‘ She was bent on making mischief because I would n't do her the favour she wanted , and she bloody well succeeded , did n't she ? ’ |
| 14 | There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's always this fear she wo n't be able to cope , so you do n't give her the difficult jobs ’ . |
| 16 | Polly started to shake her head , but he did n't give her the chance to say anything . |
| 17 | Do n't give her the satisfaction of knowing you 're watching . ’ |
| 18 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
| 19 | but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it |
| 20 | One night and morning did n't give her the right to confess her love when it might just be a burden to him . |
| 21 | And then the plate was passed from him to his murderer and it was passed round until it was passed to the bank manager who would n't give her the money and then back to her . |
| 22 | ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’ |
| 23 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 24 | When she wakes , do n't tell her the letter has come . |
| 25 | ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 28 | One parent says she 's angry that the school did n't tell her the whole truth about why the head left . |
| 29 | She feels they did n't tell her the whole truth . |
| 30 | He would n't feed her the line that would enable her to end her days peacefully in public view . |