Example sentences of "i [verb] not give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 2 | I erm If i try not to give way , it leaves so much up here |
| 3 | And I do not give you permission to fling yourself at her feet , grab her hands and weep into her palms . |
| 4 | I do not give to you as the world gives . |
| 5 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 6 | Certainly , judging by his appearance as he lay on the ground , I did not give much for his chances . |
| 7 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 8 | I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime . |
| 9 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 10 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 11 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
| 12 | Though I had worked out every detail for me and the wheelbarrow , I had not given much thought to the Land Rover . |
| 13 | I treated myself to a night in the Ceilidh Place ; I had not given up the habit of including the dangly earrings and the flowery trousers in the rucksack . |
| 14 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 15 | With an effort she said , ‘ Listen , Frank , and you can pass this on if you want to : I 've not given Sleet to Mr Kennedy , nor sold it to him . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've not given anything up . |
| 17 | So far I 've not given it much thought . |
| 18 | Now I 've not given you a lot of chance to speak because you said you do n't want to go and to , but I want |
| 19 | Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do . |
| 20 | Desperately , Wilson burst out , ‘ I hope I have not spoken out of turn , ma'am , I hope I have not given offence ? ’ |
| 21 | In 1951 , he could still write to an author who wanted to publish some works in his collection : ‘ I have not given you my permission because I do not know what will be in the book you are writing . |
| 22 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 23 | I have not given much thought to that question , for the simple reason that I do not follow the elaborate paranoid theory advanced by the hon. Gentleman who believes that I am so worried about those annual reports . |
| 24 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 25 | ‘ My ability to concentrate is limited and I have to avoid stressful situations , which is why , for example , I have not given media interviews . |
| 26 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |