Example sentences of "would n't give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt like a bad child , a bad little girl who would n't give up . |
| 2 | I would n't give him up for the world . ’ |
| 3 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 4 | So , off I went to Tokyo and spent days in the Russian Embassy with the RCA Tokyo man , Mr Yamamoto , but still they would n't give me one . |
| 5 | The soldiers came and tried to get my camera but I was fighting back and would n't give it to them . |
| 6 | He would n't give up . |
| 7 | What did she want that you have but would n't give her ? ’ |
| 8 | The matron also told us that this patient had to go into a nursing home ‘ towards the end ’ because ‘ she needed morphine injections which the doctor would n't give otherwise she would n't have had to move to somewhere strange . |
| 9 | But he would n't give in . |
| 10 | One reason was that the Kuwaitis would n't give anyone a visa , except female print journalists . |
| 11 | ‘ What I Would n't Give ’ , besides being utterly forgettable , contained the interesting line , ‘ There 's my Smiths ' tapes you never wanted to hear/ Throw them away/Morrissey in the bin . ’ |
| 12 | Other bands just would n't give a toss , they 'd pose like they were asked if they thought they were going to get a front cover . ’ |
| 13 | She was baffled when she could n't give herself , or would n't give herself , a satisfactory answer . |
| 14 | Not because they could not be useful — but they would n't give us , as desiring female spectators , that much to look at . |
| 15 | Fear almost stopped her when she thought of this , but she would n't give in to it , for she could see the smoke billowing up . |
| 16 | ‘ He … would n't give his name . ’ |
| 17 | A policeman had suspected them for loitering about , they would n't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves . |
| 18 | At least I 've my shortbread baked , I would n't give the bought stuff houseroom . |
| 19 | I would n't give Woman 's Realm houseroom . |
| 20 | We now have friends all over the country and I often think about the elderly disabled chap who would n't accept help to lift his canoe at portages or the young white faced girl who would n't give up though exhausted . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 22 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 23 | ‘ To tell you the truth , Liz , I would n't give a lot for their chances of rearing him , ’ he said sadly . |
| 24 | Bernard Shaw would n't give to charity . |
| 25 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 26 | The man who the media said could do no right , because he would n't give straight answers and most of all enjoyed mocking the stupidity of the press , suddenly became the man who could do no wrong . |
| 27 | What I would n't give , I thought , to be able to lie down on that bed , just for a minute . |
| 28 | The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds . |
| 29 | I would n't give them to a dog . |
| 30 | I would n't give them the time of day . ’ |