Example sentences of "[modal v] n't give [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you would n't give me straight answer would you ? |
| 2 | ‘ He admitted that there was someone else , but he would n't give me any details . |
| 3 | You would n't give me some tea , would you , if I come home with you ? |
| 4 | ‘ If you are really dropping people anywhere along that coast I would n't give them forty-eight hours before they are signing a statement for the public prosecutor . |
| 5 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 6 | The official appointment would n't give him more money . |
| 7 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 8 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 9 | There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think . |
| 10 | In fact there 's been some discussion of this lately , John Elston has argued that if jurors knew that that 's why they were chosen to go on the jury , it would destabilize the princi the practice of it because if you knew you were going on jury just for self-education rather than to get the right results out the other end , then this would n't give you any way of motivating yourself properly for the jury . |
| 11 | would n't give you any marks for that . |
| 12 | I they would n't give you any points . |
| 13 | She said well I ca n't give her any money cos I have n't got any . |
| 14 | A ca n't give you that sort of mind bust ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't give you that information . |
| 17 | The council ca n't give you that amount . |
| 18 | I 've only got Batman and I ca n't give you Californian Games cos it 's not mine . |
| 19 | I ca n't give you any money , you see . |
| 20 | Here 's the planning permission here 's the site if you insist on going there well we ca n't give you any guarantees but we 'll do our best for you , but certainly the best thing is to have the allocation . |
| 21 | yeah in effect I ca n't give you any choice because I know that the medical practice erm are very much more erm not laid back that 's the wrong term because erm they they have a lot more opportunity for you to succeed . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ At this stage I ca n't give you any indication of what level the toll might be … it depends on the amount of interest from industry and commerce . ’ |
| 23 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , we sha n't give you any opportunity to be anything else , Miss McAllister . |
| 25 | A typical problem raised by practitioners is : ‘ He wo n't give me professional clearance because there are fees outstanding . ’ |
| 26 | then I felt a real twit , cos a man came up and I said I think something 's gone wrong with the auto bank machine , says I , it wo n't give me any money because it 's , it 's coming up there 's an error , so he said well I 'll try and see , he says , he put in exactly the same card as me , he had the Midland card , put it in , got his money |
| 27 | ‘ She comes across as lazy , but I 'm sure it 's just because Miss Philimore wo n't give her any responsibility . |
| 28 | No , but she wo n't give you two sets of homework other . |
| 29 | yeah we put it in the Leeds for , well they said they wo n't give you any money because Leeds have n't sent the cheque back . |
| 30 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |