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 . |