Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 2 | If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock . |
| 3 | In short , the latest evidence does not suggest that giving more tax relief will promote much more giving . |
| 4 | How far they progress depends on many factors , but they will not progress unless given a chance . |
| 5 | If a mass of hot and a mass of cold gas were brought together , then it was very highly improbable that they would not mix and give a uniformly warm mixture ; but there was a small probability , and Maxwell imagined a demon who might assist the process , that the warm gas might separate out into a hot and a cold portion , in defiance of the Second Law . |
| 6 | One was that some members of the public were unaware that they need not pay and gave in to the pressure of successive threatening letters . |
| 7 | The political crisis which vastly increased its recruitment could not help but give it an unusual character . |
| 8 | So even without intending to the nurse could not help but give out signals Chesarynth could read : the heavier exhalation , the pale tightness round the lips . |
| 9 | Dadda did n't answer but gave his awkward humourless grin . |
| 10 | We did n't know whether to give it to her or not . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether to give Vera her present today or tomorrow . |
| 12 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 13 | But we probably do n't inspect and give advice to people who 'd like us to , because they 're not a priority , and we do n't have the resources to do that . |
| 14 | Raymond is a a man and he ca n't help but give it . ’ |
| 15 | Despite herself , Rory could n't help but give a little laugh . |
| 16 | Still — she could n't help but give a little chuckle as she watched one small boy in calipers crossing the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip , hotly pursued by a red-faced Candy — the children had somehow managed to drag her out of the fog of misery that had enveloped her with Adam 's leaving . |