Example sentences of "[modal v] not give it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rather than see people going without , erm if I had access to good clothing , I did n't see why I should n't give it to them . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 3 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 4 | The soldiers came and tried to get my camera but I was fighting back and would n't give it to them . |
| 5 | Oh no , no , no , we couldn't. up in the crane , the dockers on the ground , they would n't give it to us , right we say we ai n't gon na take any more out , they , we got the shilling . |
| 6 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 7 | We 've got somebody who 's got a living assurance policy with us , it 's going to pay out er , on diagnosis of any of those serious illnesses , and then they contract H I V , which if they had originally , we obviously would n't give it to them , but they contract it after the policy is enforced . |
| 8 | But I remember the Head of Network Production , Stuart Wyton , saying confidentially to me : " We ca n't give it to you , Bruce — you 're too identified with TWW . " |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't give it to you , ’ he drawled tightly . |
| 10 | I said , I ca n't give it to you today though |
| 11 | Yeah , but he 's not in today so I ca n't give it to him . |
| 12 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 13 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 14 | Ents wo n't , Ents , Ents wo n't give it for |
| 15 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 16 | What most people think is extraordinary is that after the government and Roosevelt came out with this thing , it would have been a perfectly human reaction of my father 's to say , well the hell with it , I wo n't give it to the nation if they 're going to accuse me of fraud . |
| 17 | His friends certainly wo n't give it to us ! ’ |
| 18 | Even if you 're brilliant they still wo n't give it to you . |
| 19 | Still wo n't give it to you . |
| 20 | Another example , I wo n't give it in the same detail . |
| 21 | ‘ I can not give it to you , ’ Marie said angrily . |