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 . |