Example sentences of "[vb base] not give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes .
2 Do not give him a pretext to strike you down . ’
3 They do not give me a carved wooden cup though , something we all covet .
4 If you introduce them before a year old , do not give them every day .
5 Do not give yourself a nervous breakdown trying to prepare and cook three courses on the day perfectly and on time .
6 The present churches are right to be concerned that many do not give themselves the opportunity to grow in any faith because apathy and false gods have moved into the vacuum that exists instead of a soul .
7 They do not give anyone a notice to quit .
8 ‘ Contrary to certain appearances , or at any rate to my expectations , Marx 's methodological reflections in Capital do not give us a developed concept , nor even an explicit concept of the object of Marxist Philosophy .
9 It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture .
10 No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying
11 There 's some people standing round watching me , but they do n't give me a hand .
12 Do n't give me a hard time , McLeish , just bloody do it . ’
13 What if she do n't give me a loan of it , what if she tells me , you know , ‘ eff off , ’ or something , and by the time you come to the door , he 'll go like that , ‘ Just keep the lawnmower ’ , you know what I mean .
14 Do n't give me a hard time , ’ she begged .
15 that 's a funny thing on the phone when he said about paying I said a hundred a six pound complete so I said and do n't give me a cheque cos I do n't want one !
16 Fans of the band 's music do n't particularly get anything extra from the rag-arsed studio orphan ‘ Do n't Give Me No Lip , Child ’ or the ‘ Live At Trondheim ’ CD which ends , in tribute to ‘ Metallic KO ’ , with the sounds of dumped instruments and broken bottles .
17 He do n't give me the position .
18 Do n't give them a sales pitch because there is nothing more irritating .
19 Do n't give them a thump .
20 But if you do n't give them a mailbox , you wo n't encourage other people to send them mail
21 I do n't give them a welcoming smile .
22 Jesus used the illustration , he says , you parents , you fathers , if your children are hungry you do n't mock them by giving them a stone you give them egg , you give them bread , you give them meat , you do n't give them a scorpion , something to harm them , you do n't mock them by giving them some , something they ca n't eat !
23 Yeah we do n't give them a refund , I did n't say a refund , I said a voucher
24 the odds are against them … the bookies do n't give them a chance … but never never write off a team driven by a man so determined as Horton
25 ‘ Also , young people will get frustrated with the system if the institutions around them do n't give them a means of expressing themselves , ’ he added .
26 They listen to it , and they do n't give them a name they just say sixteen year old , sixteen year old girl , fifteen year old girl with a friend and they
27 They listen to it , and they do n't give them a name they just say sixteen year old , sixteen year old girl , fifteen year old girl with a friend and they
28 We 've discovered that if you do n't give — when a deer comes in ; a road casualty or anything , we do n't give them a massive shot of steroids , it 'll die , so we can advise people giving them massive shot of steroids and er the deer live then you can start worrying about his injuries erm baby birds ; there 's classic ways of rearing baby birds which are very , very important at the moment 'cause there 's thousands of them around .
29 Indigenous British women affected by post-natal depression are often single mothers or those whose husbands or boyfriends do n't give them the care and affection or help they need in this new stage of their life .
30 ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves .
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