Example sentences of "do [adv] give [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 2 | Is not the simple truth that the Government do not give a damn about law and order and do not care about the safety of people in their homes and on the streets ? |
| 3 | One group of investigators have argued that the inclusion of asymptomatic recurrences in the analysis of ulcer relapse trials should be discouraged , because these silent ulcers are clinically irrelevant ; however , such optimism ( based on findings made in a small group of patients with asymptomatic ulceration followed up for between 1 and 13 months ) is probably misguided , because one third of DU patients presenting with perforation and up to 60% admitted with haematemesis/or melaena , or both do not give a history of previous ulcer pain . |
| 4 | It would be beneficial to warn people to change their ‘ alien ’ notes to familiar currency during the Christmas period so they know where they are and do not give the opportunity to the fast buck merchants of lining their nests . |
| 5 | Firstly , there was a widespread opinion that arts staff do not give the priority to INSET which other areas of the curriculum do . |
| 6 | The words of the statute , as they stand , do not give an answer to the question before the judge ; and the question is therefore legislative rather than interpretative . |
| 7 | I respect people 's music , but I do n't give a shit for the people behind it . |
| 8 | ‘ A lot of people do n't want to be in the best band in the world because they do n't give a shit about themselves , ’ he remarks flatly , still playing with his half empty bottle of water . |
| 9 | I do n't give a shit about not scoring goals . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't give a shit about fucking Dirkin . |
| 11 | ‘ They do n't give a sod for the students and all the other wankers and pooftas that turn up ’ , he declared . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't give a sod about that , ’ said Adam . |
| 13 | Anyway , let's leap away across the Atlantic to the Palace of Golfing Dreams because , frankly , they do n't give a toot about anything , other than next weekend 's 5-hour fourball … |
| 14 | You do n't give a toss about culture . |
| 15 | You think it could possibly be , and it may well be , some rep , in his car , rushing from here to there , do n't give a toss about anybody else , as long as he gets where he wants to go . |
| 16 | ‘ Cloughie ’ will be missed by many people who do n't give a fig for the great soccer his teams have played . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't give a fig for what Watkin says ! ’ |
| 18 | WOMEN love white weddings — but they do n't give a fig about their marriage vows . |
| 19 | Just as the scathing desperation of a band 's early days helps fuel the sentiment and connect with an audience in a similar position , then a band 's later lifestyle has no connection with the audience who , quite naturally , do n't give a damn about the problems of being pop stars . |
| 20 | You do n't give a damn about whether we get back in time for the meeting . ’ |
| 21 | A green paper nightie this time , and by now I do n't give a damn about the cellulite . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't give a damn about you ’ , ‘ You can go to hell ’ , ‘ You were the worst father/mother/daughter/son that anyone could wish to have ’ , are typical of the kind of remarks that can be made . |
| 23 | Biological functions do n't give a damn about nationality ; your arm works without knowing if it 's French or American . |
| 24 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was n't a necessity for competing with NT — in Hewlett-Packard 's view , ‘ users do n't give a damn about the kernel anyway , they need application programming interfaces , ’ says European computer systems marketing manager Bernard Guidon . |
| 25 | In Hewlett-Packard 's view , ‘ users do n't give a damn about the kernel anyway , what they need is application programming interfaces , ’ says European computer systems marketing manager Bernard Guidon . |
| 26 | In HP 's view , ‘ users do n't give a damn about the kernel anyway , they need application programming interfaces , ’ says European computer systems marketing manager Bernard Guidon . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't give a damn about your social life , ’ Graham snapped . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't give a damn about my successor , Neville , ’ he said and ended the conversation . |
| 29 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
| 30 | If I do n't give a damn about ‘ em , I ai n't anxious , and if I ai n't anxious , then I come easy . ’ |