Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [modal v] [adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle .
2 I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available .
3 Chris insists that you should n't give them anything you 're not prepared to eat yourself .
4 and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction .
5 And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else .
6 He refused and Universal countered that they would merely give it a limited showing .
7 However , an elderly man assured the expedition of the tribe 's ‘ warmest attachment and that they would always give them every assistance in their power ; that they were poor but their hearts were good ’ .
8 Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration .
9 They should not feel aggrieved at her asking for money ; when she went into the cold hall she felt that it would not give her back much , if anything .
10 Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he would not give it the limited powers of disposal available in clause 4(4) ( b ) ?
11 There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant .
12 I had hoped that on my twenty-first birthday I would discover more about my future , but Mr Jaggers explained that he could not give me any more information , except that from now on I would have five hundred pounds a year to spend as I liked .
13 Nathan had needed no special arrangements : when very well dressed he looks scruffy — I suppose it must be a gift ; it is certainly true that he could n't give it away — and today he was not very well dressed .
14 He tells me that sometimes my desire verges on cannibalism , and that he can not give me what I want .
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