Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to help those in adverse circumstances , but I do not want to give it all back . ’ |
| 2 | Assuming that the dog remains with you , do not forget to give it plenty of encouragement again , as you attach the leash to its collar . |
| 3 | Because the Australian aborigines still exist at the hunter-gatherer level of culture they have no need for a weaning trauma in early childhood as is found among all primitive agriculturalists , and consequently children , although experiencing a period of oral dependency as they do in the West , linger in that stage , do not have to give it up and , in a sense , remain unweaned until adulthood — or , certainly until initiation , which is essentially the same thing . |
| 4 | You do n't want to give it up do you ? |
| 5 | Eric is obviously a good player , but I am in the job and I do n't intend to give it up without a fight . ’ |
| 6 | That 's not what adventuring is all about — if you do n't intend giving it your best shot , why play it at all ? |
| 7 | I am a Treasurer who likes to keep hold of the money , I like to receive it , I do n't like to give it out . |
| 8 | . Well you do n't have to give it back do you ? |
| 9 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 10 | You need a sharp lesson , my lad , and I do n't mind giving it . |
| 11 | It 's not worth giving it up if you have n't chosen to give it up . |