Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] you the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France and Spain , okay , if you only got one of those countries right we could n't give you the point , it has to be both , question eighteen , in which book would you find the character Long John Silver ? |
| 2 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 3 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 6 | The pater would n't give you the money for your passage and anyway , even if you found the fare , he could force you to come home . |
| 7 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 8 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't give you the satisfaction , ’ she said , tilting her chin scornfully . |
| 10 | annoying cos I sort of flared up with them and said , Well quote me the law , and they ca n't quote you the law I mean they it 's just someone who they seem to be we do it . |
| 11 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
| 12 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
| 14 | And because I 've known that love , I ca n't deny you the opportunity . ’ |
| 15 | If the surveyor states that the property is most definitely not worth the agreed price and the building society will not advance you the money you need , you have three choices : abandon the property and look again , or go to another building society and hope that another surveyor will not make the same judgement , or go to your vendor 's estate agent , explain the situation and hope that the vendor will drop the price . |
| 16 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 17 | But I wo n't tell you the end ! |
| 18 | You 've got £1.70 , the ticket costs £1.72 and they wo n't give you the ticket . |
| 19 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 20 | The children are a pain , frankly , and Tim has sinus and wo n't give you the time of day . |
| 21 | I wo n't give you the satisfaction ! |
| 22 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 23 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 24 | All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse ! |
| 25 | If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that ! |