Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] just give " in BNC.
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1 | Caspar was shouting to her not to struggle , because it would only mean she would sink quicker , but Fenella was struggling fiercely , because she could not just give in . |
2 | ‘ I said you could n't just give them tea and biscuits , ’ he says . |
3 | I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis . |
4 | ‘ At the same time , you ca n't just give a heap of numbers . |
5 | ‘ But , Apricot , ’ protested Brenda and Belinda , ‘ you ca n't just give up and do nothing . |
6 | assume that if you give them a population that owned seventy eight percent of the land and find out fifty percent of the land , then you , you know , you ca n't just give land , everyone 's not just gon na have land , you have to increase production to make everyone better off . |
7 | So obviously if er if Mississippi wants some federal money for a project they 're not gon na get it unless there are civil rights provisions built into the , into the project that is , you know , you ca n't just give dole out to white people and refuse it to black people erm that there has to be equal opportunities and so on . |
8 | and erm , and then every time the poor women went to get off stage he says oh Joan you ca n't go , come here , let's , he said we ca n't just give you that so he , he called her back and they bought give her a rabbit |
9 | Note that for a book written by more than two people your textual reference can normally just give the first of the names , followed by " et al. " |