Example sentences of "not [vb infin] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has sought treatment on a number of occasions and has come to the conclusion that he can not break the habit and that what he needs and wants is a maintenance regime , preferably on heroin — something that the medical profession in Wirral does not want to give him . |
| 2 | I do not want to give him everything he wants , but I must . |
| 3 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 4 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
| 5 | Theodora did not want to give it that chance . |
| 6 | I want to help those in adverse circumstances , but I do not want to give it all back . ’ |
| 7 | If planning to start at the windward end of the line , remember that boats to leeward do not need to give you room . |
| 8 | He did not hesitate to give his own views on the subject . |
| 9 | Several minutes later he added : ‘ But I would not like to give you the impression I have worked for either of them yet . ’ |
| 10 | Callers using the Crimestoppers line do not have to give their name and so can pass on information in confidence . |
| 11 | Because the Australian aborigines still exist at the hunter-gatherer level of culture they have no need for a weaning trauma in early childhood as is found among all primitive agriculturalists , and consequently children , although experiencing a period of oral dependency as they do in the West , linger in that stage , do not have to give it up and , in a sense , remain unweaned until adulthood — or , certainly until initiation , which is essentially the same thing . |
| 12 | Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should . |
| 13 | Assuming that the dog remains with you , do not forget to give it plenty of encouragement again , as you attach the leash to its collar . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , my dear Laura , that , since you are married to me — and I do not intend to give you a divorce — any question of your remarriage to anyone else simply does n't arise ! ’ |
| 15 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 16 | Irritating as Miss Kenton 's behaviour was , I could not afford to give it much thought , for by then the first of the guests had arrived . |
| 17 | That is an appalling situation , but it is made more appalling because it mainly affects students from the poorest backgrounds , those whose parents are on low incomes and who get no financial help from their parents because they can not afford to give it . |
| 18 | Therefore if the hirer sells the goods , section 25 of the Sale of Goods Act and section 9 of the Factors Act will not operate to give his purchaser a good title . |
| 19 | Perhaps she only meant she did n't want to give him her cold . |
| 20 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 21 | They do n't want to give him any . |
| 22 | She had even avoided the swimming-pool , for , much as she looked forward to and enjoyed her evening dips , she did n't want to give him any further opportunity to seek her company . |
| 23 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 24 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 25 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 26 | She works in Belstrode Road , and she does n't want to give her address as a squat . |
| 27 | The bloke do n't want to give them back , that 's how come we got involved . |
| 28 | I knew I did n't want to give them up . |
| 29 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 30 | No , he did n't want to give her a rose , or a spoon , or a baby . |