Example sentences of "[noun sg] never give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Shallot never gives a rat 's arse . |
| 2 | But in another way some stubbornness was at work in me , some determination never to give up , and to cling in secret to whatever reality I could find for myself . |
| 3 | Substituting each of these in turn in the given polynomial never gives the value 0 . |
| 4 | ‘ The keeper never gives us anything like that — she only gives us what 's good for us ! ’ |
| 5 | Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here . |
| 6 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 7 | Gold paint never gives a satisfactory finish , as it rarely matches the beautiful patina of old gilding , which in turn helps to distinguish the genuine article from a reproduction . |
| 8 | ‘ The scum of this life never give me a problem , ’ Berger said . |
| 9 | Voluntary personal abstention continued in a modest way through to the end of American slavery but plans positively to develop free-labour cultivation in the American South , India or West Africa came to little in the 1850s and the British government never gave any serious consideration after equalisation of the sugar duties beginning in 1846 to a policy of discriminating in favour of free-grown produce . |
| 10 | Side-drum parts are usually written in the treble clef on the note C , as above , but it must be clearly understood that the side-drum never gives a note of definite pitch . |
| 11 | But to do him justice , the Prime Minister never gave me any impression that he wanted me to succeed him … . |
| 12 | She had spent a lifetime obeying the rule of her childhood never to give way to her feelings in public , and like many . |
| 13 | The Profitboss never gives up . |
| 14 | LIKE THE NME , ACME 's most loyal mail-order customer never gives up chasing that elusive ( beeping ) grail of Rock Truth . |
| 15 | My sister never gave twopence for convention either . ’ |
| 16 | It was a part of his creed never to give way to these emotions . |
| 17 | They have achieved much in recent years , but the Labour party never gives them any credit and is always moaning . |