Example sentences of "and [modal v] [not/n't] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But her heart , her poor , long-neglected heart , had answered yes , before her head had even begun to calculate all the reasons she absolutely could not and should not give herself over to this madness .
2 The soldiers came and tried to get my camera but I was fighting back and would n't give it to them .
3 The true pressures are a few thousand times atmospheric , which may sound a lot but is quite normal in solids and will not give you any fusion benefits on its own .
4 The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day .
5 ‘ I do n't care how good the idea is , I do n't like you and wo n't give it the time of day . ’
6 The first is that the five senses do not and can not give us ‘ unvarnished news ’ — information independent of the concepts used to classify it .
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