Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb mod] not give " in BNC.
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1 | Er again that 's a very specific question to which I ca n't give a specific answer . |
2 | And it is something of which we can not give or receive too much . |
3 | This is one subject on which we can not give a firm recommendation . |
4 | ‘ What I Would n't Give ’ , besides being utterly forgettable , contained the interesting line , ‘ There 's my Smiths ' tapes you never wanted to hear/ Throw them away/Morrissey in the bin . ’ |
5 | What I would n't give , I thought , to be able to lie down on that bed , just for a minute . |
6 | What I would n't give for Jim to do something like this — just occasionally . |
7 | By hell what I would n't give to see Leeds paste them 3–4 to nothing . |
8 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
9 | Though others envy what they can not give , for had the gift been theirs it had not here thus grown . |
10 | And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ . |
11 | Nostalgic for what he would not give twopence to see back |