Example sentences of "give [pers pn] no " in BNC.

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1 On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information .
2 The neurosurgeon who had been in charge of Guy 's case in the hospital would give them no help or advice , and neither did the doctors .
3 But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems .
4 One would allow the disabled to drive in the area all day ; the second gives them access up until 11.30am and after 3pm , and the third would give them no special advantages at all .
5 Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all .
6 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 .
7 To do so at risk to you or Norman would give me no happiness , dearest .
8 Later , when I visited the vice-chairman of the PCC , who is also the vicar 's warden , he could give me no explanation of why the candle was there .
9 It would give me no satisfaction . ’
10 But did n't give me no moneys .
11 As you examine your partner 's expectations , make a notation as to how you feel about it next to the number using the following codes : Tick the expectations which will give you no problems .
12 During that time I shall give you no set work , you are to take no services in English nor preach in English , your sole task will be to become competent in Burmese .
13 This activity is performed by the hand , when we think by writing ; by the mouth and larynx , when we think by speaking ; and if we think by imagining signs or pictures , I can give you no agent that thinks .
14 I come off , like , but they did n't give you no treatment or anything .
15 ‘ Does he give you no instructions ? ’
16 Do n't look at me I ca n't give you no more bloody loot
17 Robinson said , deciding that talk about his farming , not unlike the farming itself , alas , would give him no advantage .
18 It was easy for Hardy to say Josh Cohen would give him no trouble , that the Jew would come through without a murmur .
19 For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men .
20 The sleepy-eyed alderman , however , could give him no further information on Droxford .
21 Do n't give him no more Margaret .
22 Yeah but do n't give him no more .
23 Two days later the Marquis ' wife , a good woman , who has learned with horror something of what has happened , comes to Manette , hoping to be able to contact through him the sister she knows to survive from the murdered family , and to help her by way of making some atonement for her husband 's and her brother-in-law 's evil behaviour ; Manette can give her no information , however .
24 Others were disturbingly abstract , and Hawk could give her no clue as to their exact meaning .
25 It was ridiculous , for the flimsy garment could give her no protection , but nevertheless she felt very vulnerable without them .
26 Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained .
27 It is , however , written in a crusading spirit , without any critical distance , and it is informed , like Belsey 's book , by the assumption that language — or literature — can give us no certain knowledge of the world .
28 The Landrat of Ebermannstadt in Upper Franconia , frank as usual in his comment , reported that people in his area Were too careful to say such things as ‘ Hitler will give us no peace till everything has had it ’ , but said instead ‘ there wo n't be any peace before … ’ , and meant the same thing .
29 ‘ While researchers can as yet give us no clear answers as to what this signifies ’ he said , ‘ it is probable that the brain will be affected by the chemical working environment as we nowadays know it in factories , office buildings with an unhealthy internal climate and polluted city air ’ .
30 Hefter and May give us no reason to modify this statement .
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