Example sentences of "i could n't give " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be honest , I could n't give a monkey 's fart about your research . |
| 2 | I kept starting new regimes , then finding I could n't give them up . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't give two monkeys , ’ he said , making ballet leaps out of sight behind the Land Rover . |
| 4 | The next day she said , ‘ I could n't give one to daddy because there were n't enough . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As far as audiences and critics were concerned , the answers to the two questions in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me ? were ‘ Frankly , I could n't give a damn . ’ |
| 7 | In case you 're wondering , I could n't give a monkey 's about hunting , a sport once described as the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
| 9 | Very few athletes enter sport without the assistance and encouragement of a teacher who might innocently create serious tensions , as with Jackie Jackson , whose PE teacher strengthened her commitment to athletics , a commitment which proved destructive to her educational aims , as she pointed out : ‘ I was spending so much time in athletics that I could n't give enough time to my ‘ A ’ levels . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't give a fuck if he was the Immaculate Conception ! |
| 11 | A married 27-year-old estate agent admitted : ‘ There are times when , to be honest , I could n't give a shit whether she enjoys it . ’ |
| 12 | But by the time you were born I could n't give up Other world ; I was deep in the battle we wage here against the powers of the dark , and to leave it would have been deserting . |
| 13 | On a more personal level , Riley has said : ‘ The game is the same but the stakes are higher for women – – You need time to reflect , you are alone essentially , and I knew that I could n't give the time and thought to bringing up children or caring for another person on an intimate level . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Her shrug meant , I do n't know , I do n't want to know , and , anyway , I could n't give a fuck . |
| 16 | But I felt I could n't give up , for my own sake or the baby 's . |
| 17 | ‘ Jim , I could n't give a toss if the Queen Mum has been gang banged . ’ |
| 18 | But I could n't give in ; one monster is much like another — once you falter , you 're done . |
| 19 | Piper was yelling , ‘ I could n't give a toss for the time-lag on the frequency search-and-lock processor , just re-establish the bloody link ! |
| 20 | ‘ Being perfectly honest , I could n't give a stuff . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 22 | Personally I could n't give a damn about your private life . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I could n't give a damn how it looks to you ! ’ she retorted angrily . |
| 24 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |
| 27 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 28 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 29 | It has been done , but I could n't give an example . |
| 30 | 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 . |