Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [not/n't] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … 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 … |
| 2 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Perry offers to buy me a drink , but I will not give him the satisfaction . |
| 5 | ‘ But you ca n't give me presents as well . |
| 6 | But you would n't give me straight answer would you ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 9 | No , but she wo n't give you two sets of homework other . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But we ca n't give it back to 'im , can we , not knowing who 'e is or where 'e lives . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 15 | Not because they could not be useful — but they would n't give us , as desiring female spectators , that much to look at . |
| 16 | A twenty-one-year-old mother of two small children in Coventry said , " I told social security that the children 's shoes were too small , but they would n't give us a grant . |
| 17 | Well I ai n't got any but they wo n't give me any ! |
| 18 | I just ca n't stand it at times , but they ca n't give me anything for it . |
| 19 | Churchill knows he 'll never win this war , but he ca n't give it up ! |
| 20 | He asked Stan for a job but he would n't give him one |
| 21 | ‘ He admitted that there was someone else , but he would n't give me any details . |
| 22 | Alexander asked if the doctor knew what that something was , but he could not give him any answer . |
| 23 | Separate aircraft from Aberdeen and Edinburgh so that will double the capacity but it wo n't give us two frequencies of cost . |
| 24 | Cost control will serve us well for a single year but it wo n't give us a company that will survive into the next century . |