Example sentences of "they [vb mod] n't give [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | I they would n't give you any points . |
4 | Oh they ca n't give me any more . |
5 | Well I ai n't got any but they wo n't give me any ! |
6 | ‘ They wo n't give you any grief in the next few days , ’ he said . |
7 | At the health centres in the country , the first thing they ask you is if you 're using family planning and if you are n't , they wo n't give you any medicines for your children . |
8 | 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 . |