Example sentences of "not give [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever may have been threatened or done , do not give in to the bully and do not keep whatever has happened to yourself . |
| 2 | He drew her to him , so that her head was near his waist , in a stiff sort of way because she did not give in to the embrace . |
| 3 | Coun Arthur Taylor said there was no planning opposition so they should not give in to the vandals by refusing the application . |
| 4 | people are told to go and have a cold shower and not give in to the weakness |
| 5 | not give in to the weakness |
| 6 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 7 | As the carriage rolled down the driveway , Emily looked straight ahead , holding herself erect , determined not to give in to the tears that threatened to overflow . |
| 8 | As she clenched her hands on the rail until they hurt , she fought to hate him , to make herself angry , not to give in to the terrible despair that kept threatening to overwhelm her . |
| 9 | No other man had ever managed even to light a spark within her , yet he had set her body aflame , and it had taken every ounce of will-power she possessed not to give in to the longing he 'd unleashed . |
| 10 | Mr Wilson said last night that they had talked to a lot of the villagers and were determined not to give in to the vandals . |
| 11 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 12 | Association chief executive Frank Clark said : ‘ We say we wo n't give in to the IRA and yet the police say they can not guarantee the safety of a manager at a football match . ’ |
| 13 | Try to hold these contradictory memories together : do n't give in to the temptation to simplify your experience by discarding one important aspect of it . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to send out a very strong message today , ’ he had said , ‘ one thing I learned when I was young is that you do n't give in to the village bully . |