Example sentences of "not give [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 2 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 3 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |
| 4 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 5 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 6 | However , this does not give you the automatic right to go overdrawn . |
| 7 | I can not give you the exact quantities you should use , for it will vary from one water to another according to the carp population . |
| 8 | Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ? |
| 9 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 10 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 11 | But despite the undeniable tendency in financial markets towards a more laissez-faire environment , the term deregulation does not give us the full flavour of events . |
| 12 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 13 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's always this fear she wo n't be able to cope , so you do n't give her the difficult jobs ’ . |
| 15 | I 'm not saying they would , but what I 'm saying is if say we 're four per cent behind and Ken wo n't give me the exact price |
| 16 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 17 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 18 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 19 | Well okay it might be obvious but it does n't give you the right answer . |
| 20 | The other thing that tends to throw people the first time they every do ad advocacy is that you 're going to talk to somebody who will not talk to you , who will not s possibly even smile at you , who wo n't give you the usual feedback that we 're u that we 're used to when we 're talking to someone . |
| 21 | Even if you 're as good as a master they still wo n't give you the top black |
| 22 | I was talking on Sue , I was saying if you 've got a client who did n't give you the convenient forty two pounds , but said you 'd got forty or thirty pounds to spend , the first thing you 've got to do is take off the two pounds policy fee , so you 're left in this case , with thirty eight pounds . |
| 23 | Erm , another reason why I ca n't give you the whole story of course is because then there 'd be no reason to take this baby rather than this baby at the hospital , you know , so their histories are exactly identical , I E nil , erm , nothing individuates them on that account . |
| 24 | yeah , erm I would take a guess that there will be because we still have ambitions to shed a load of space so it would be advisable to re-fit to release further space we have another twenty six smaller stores that we have n't done at all yet other than put a so yes we 'll have an on-going re-fit programme I ca n't give you the exact details because erm how many it 's gon na be but there will be certainly an on-going re-fit programme . |