Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 2 | … when it comes to giving the third year grades I find it really difficult , with some kids you say ‘ well they ought to have a ‘ B ’ , ’ but I ca n't give them a ‘ B ’ because there are n't any ‘ B's left … |
| 3 | But I ca n't give any promises , you understand ? ’ |
| 4 | But I wo n't give up , I promise you that , Maisie … |
| 5 | Everything 's against me , but I wo n't give in . |
| 6 | I could actually give you the exact figures er or or Mr but I wo n't give them at at the moment of the top of my head . |
| 7 | I am sorry , but I shall not give way . |
| 8 | But I could n't give in ; one monster is much like another — once you falter , you 're done . |
| 9 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |
| 10 | It has been done , but I could n't give an example . |
| 11 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 12 | I welcome the commitment that has been shown by the head of the governing body , but I can not give any hint of the decision that I will be taking by the end of February . |
| 13 | ‘ But you ca n't give me presents as well . |
| 14 | But you would n't give me straight answer would you ? |
| 15 | They 're also on sale at the chemist 's with other formula milks , but you should not give them to your child without talking to your doctor or health visitor first to see if they 're suitable . |
| 16 | But she would not give in . |
| 17 | But she would not give up . |
| 18 | He was being deliberately perverse , but she would not give in to him . |
| 19 | She might be light-headed with fear , but she would not give this vile creature the pleasure of seeing it . |
| 20 | Fear almost stopped her when she thought of this , but she would n't give in to it , for she could see the smoke billowing up . |
| 21 | Stepping over the jagged icy rocks towards the bowed walls of Hell , she heard Zulei laughing , but she would n't give the mind-catcher a second chance at her . |
| 22 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 23 | No , but she wo n't give you two sets of homework other . |
| 24 | She knew they were n't suited to each other , really ; she did n't love him , but she could n't give him up just yet . |
| 25 | ‘ We do n't know what the future is , but we wo n't give up hope . ’ |
| 26 | But we ca n't give it back to 'im , can we , not knowing who 'e is or where 'e lives . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But we ca n't give up like that . |
| 28 | ‘ But we can not give them cash limits because we have no idea how bad the weather is going to be in the winter or what particular type of ‘ flu might be coming along . |
| 29 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 30 | If Euclidean space-time stretches back to infinite imaginary time , or else starts at a singularity in imaginary time , we have the same problem as in the classical theory of specifying the initial state of the universe : God may know how the universe began , but we can not give any particular reason for thinking it began one way rather than another . |