Example sentences of "[vb past] give any " in BNC.

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1 Reckless driving , contrary to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 , is committed where D 's driving creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person or of doing substantial damage to property , and where D either saw the risk or failed to give any thought to the risk .
2 On at least one issue , however , Baldwin failed to give any firm moderate lead .
3 The second round , to take place by late July , would decide the issue in those constituencies where the first round failed to give any candidate at least 50 per cent of the vote .
4 The Northern Echo revealed last month that Darlington council failed to give any money to celebrate the anniversary of North Road railway station .
5 He declined to give any official view on the situation except to say : ‘ Any Marxist must say it 's a good thing that nobody has been hurt and we should give thanks to the police . ’
6 He declined to give any personal details about the pair apart from saying they were from the United Kingdom .
7 Neither Report recommended giving any free services except after detailed investigation of individual circumstances .
8 Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment .
9 Though crippled , he managed to give any woman in his presence the conviction that she was delicate , helpless , and ultra-decorative , and could rely on him to shelter her from life 's cruel blows .
10 In an address to the Pakistani National Assembly and Senate in December 1985 President Zia formally denied that his country had given any bases to the United States .
11 Jones subsequently denied , however , that he had given any pledge of support to Braithwaite .
12 WHILE the European Commission refused to give any public reaction to the Tories ’ victory , senior Brussels bureaucrats made little secret of the fact that they would have preferred a more pliable Labour government .
13 Philby refused to give any details claiming it involved ‘ operational matters ’ .
14 He refused to give any interviews to the press about the matter and in September , three months before the opening of The Cocktail Party in New York , he asked Sherek to try to ensure that there would be no attempt to obstruct the production .
15 But he refused to give any money at all for Gabriel-Ernest 's memorial .
16 Perhaps if she flatly refused to give any details …
17 A spokesman at the hospital refused to give any information as to Mr Keane 's condition .
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