Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept starting new regimes , then finding I could n't give them up . |
| 2 | As I did n't know where Frank was and I could n't give them Alec Reynolds 's address , the Plod soon lost interest in me . |
| 3 | Grace commented , ‘ Robbie is a lovely dog and I could n't give him up now , but I would never have dreamt that rescuing a dog could cause me to lose my home . |
| 4 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 5 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 6 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 8 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 9 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 10 | ‘ I told you I could n't give you love ! ’ |
| 11 | I 've got everything right , actually what I did and I could n't give you , I have n't got a clue , trigonometry , well I could n't tell you how to do it , I should |
| 12 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |