Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [not/n't] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're my favourites , so I sha n't give them up . |
| 2 | Yeah , but he 's not in today so I ca n't give it to him . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 4 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 5 | He 'd never had affection so he could n't give it . |
| 6 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't do anything with the matter if you wo n't give me the details . |
| 9 | ‘ If you wo n't give me details , I do n't see how I 'm supposed to help . ’ |
| 10 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 11 | Drink plenty of water ( bottled or filtered ) , herb teas , diluted fruit juices , and only one or two cups of ordinary tea or coffee a day if you can not give it up altogether . |
| 12 | If we ca n't give them what they want , a cash offer might have its uses . |
| 13 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 14 | If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that ! |
| 15 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 16 | sense in which it 's in their interest not to breach this because you wo n't give them the material they need |
| 17 | Now if you see somebody going into this state , you must give them sugar , it 's no good waiting till they 've fainted or become unconscious because you ca n't give them anything then , can you ? |
| 18 | ‘ Because he could n't give me names , only descriptions . |
| 19 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 20 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 21 | " These are from my share of the fruit , " he said , " for I ca n't give you the pears that belong to my brothers . " |
| 22 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 23 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 24 | In studying Epicurus , Gassendi found confirmation for the embryonic idea of the Exercises , that sense-experience might give us something worthwhile and valuable even though it can not give us knowledge of necessary causes and of the natures of things . |