Example sentences of "[pron] can [not/n't] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to you , I can not give him my name , but I shall furnish him with everything else he needs , including love . |
| 2 | Although we shall do our utmost to resist it , I can not give my hon. Friend a guarantee that we will be successful in that endeavour . |
| 3 | I can not give my hon. Friend a precise answer to that question , but the inspection of a school in Wales is a fairly rare occurrence , taking schools as a whole . |
| 4 | I can not give my hon. Friend a precise timetable . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not give it to you , ’ Marie said angrily . |
| 6 | But on this case , I can not give it a try — that is the point . |
| 7 | Yes , I can not give it much more |
| 8 | I can not give you a firm promise that this is the turning point . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse ! |
| 11 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 12 | Look , I can nae give you one out of there though . |
| 13 | You may find that she will need to lean on you a little for several months to speak and act for her in matters she can not give her full attention to , because she will be quite rightly absorbed for the time being in grieving , which is mentally and emotionally very hard work indeed . |
| 14 | She will leave , take the children with her and is often in no hurry to take on another man who can not give her caring in return . |
| 15 | ‘ You can not give him that , ’ Cleo said sharply . |
| 16 | You can not , you can not give them the the national curriculum book ! |
| 17 | Two separate people are essential for any exchange to take place : you can not give presents to yourself , just as you can not give yourself to yourself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Until we do know , we can not give them expression in tears or anger . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He tells me that sometimes my desire verges on cannibalism , and that he can not give me what I want . |