Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] give " in BNC.
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1 | You should be glad that I do n't give you false looks or smiles . |
2 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
3 | ‘ When I look back on 1992 I know that I did n't give 100 per cent , ’ Capriati confessed . |
4 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
5 | I have , and I you know , there 's been many a day I 've thought cor I 'm really glad I 'm in , I 'm really glad that I did n't give , giving up day and there 's been days when I thought christ how the hell did you get through that day |
6 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
7 | And I do not give you permission to fling yourself at her feet , grab her hands and weep into her palms . |
8 | ‘ I sign stuff that I think is great and I do n't give a shit what anybody else thinks . ’ |
9 | I 'm not always very good at saying what I mean , except at work , that is ; I 've been to Europe and the States but never to Nineveh and Distant Ophir ; I do n't have much time — literally — for the arts , though I 'm not against them in any way , you understand ( sometimes there 's a nice concert on the car radio ; like most people I read a book or two on holiday ) ; and I do n't give much of a thought to my clothes beyond looking smart at work and feeling comfortable when I get home . |
10 | The risks are all ahead and I do n't give a damn ! |
11 | ‘ And I do n't give a damn what you believe . ’ |
12 | And I do n't give a damn if you want me here or not . |
13 | Orders are orders , and I do n't give a rat 's fart about mumbling monks , icy roads or cold journeys . |
14 | and I do n't give any of this shit with lights If they 're doing seventy miles an hour , and I 'm going faster and they 're , all the overtaking lanes are taken , then I 'll slow down to their speed , I wo n't |
15 | ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured . |
16 | And I did n't give it a moment 's real consideration . |
17 | He did n't get that straight off and I did n't give him time to think about it . |
18 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
19 | If I do n't give a damn about ‘ em , I ai n't anxious , and if I ai n't anxious , then I come easy . ’ |
20 | ‘ Tell me , my young friend , ’ he went on , ‘ those orders you have to shoot me — if I do n't give you the money you want — who gave you such orders ? ’ |
21 | I just think it 's wrong because every day a tiny bit the ground loo looks much much better than if I do n't give them for weeks an they do , well . |
22 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
23 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
24 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
25 | Thank you for taking time for this interview , well that 's a load of crap cos I did n't give time . |
26 | Perhaps I am abnormal in my endless fetish for light and patterns , but I do n't give a damn . |
27 | I respect people 's music , but I do n't give a shit for the people behind it . |
28 | Mr Thaw said : ‘ Obviously I would like more people to watch it , but I do n't give a damn what the press say about it . ’ |
29 | I could n't , I , I would , if , if , if the company were n't so refined I would say other things about them but I do n't give a hoot . |
30 | The Rigalis ' 31-year-old son , Amedeo , meanwhile , joins in with a voice as Easington as you might find : ‘ I 'm proud to be half Italian , but I do n't give it that much thought . ’ |