Example sentences of "not [v-ing] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They keep losing good business by not wanting to give credit or by wanting to give too little . |
| 2 | Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that . |
| 3 | Kate quickly shrugged it off herself , not wanting to give him any chance of coming near her . |
| 4 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not that , ’ Fabia began , certain in her heart that she had now scuppered every last chance of that interview with Ven , but with Cara having more than enough to worry about with Barney still so poorly , not wanting to give her something else to be upset about . |
| 6 | I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . |
| 7 | ‘ We hope the Government will agree to an amicable settlement but it will mean a big climbdown for them because we 're not going to give way on the principle , ’ Mr Neil said . |
| 8 | few well-laid plans survive after the initial exchange of fire , and our famous Gurkha insurgents are not going to give up without one of their renowned fights . |
| 9 | I figured out that if this is what David wants and I 'm not going to give it to him . |
| 10 | Funding an operation of this kind required the authorisation of the office of France 's prime minister , Laurent Fabius , and he was certainly not going to give that without the president 's approval . |
| 11 | They go off whistling when it is obvious I 'm not going to give them anything . |
| 12 | I 'm not going to give you what you want |
| 13 | ‘ And they are not going to give it up . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not going to give up my constituency , I 've always enjoyed the surgery . |
| 15 | It also showed that Deng Xiaoping despite his intention to reform China 's economic structure , was not going to give any ground politically . |
| 16 | A simple explanation to the child about how mummy is not going to give in to tempers can help the child learn more quickly . |
| 17 | ‘ Any damages are not going to give her a holiday in the Caribbean . ’ |
| 18 | I am not going to give you a list of Reasons to Be Cheerful . |
| 19 | I am not going to give you a series of " how to do it " lessons . |
| 20 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 21 | I 'm not going to give him away . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've decided I 'm not going to give another concert on my own until you start working again , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I 'm not going to give money for the AOL ! |
| 24 | ‘ Councillors are not going to give up their responsibility for how money is spent , ’ says Roycroft . |
| 25 | up till the age of , about sixteen , after my birthday , the baby would have been a few weeks old , I thought well , if you 're under sixteen , do n't think about the Pill , they 're not going to give it to you . |
| 26 | ‘ I mean , ’ said Mounce , ‘ I 'm not going to give you a lot of crap about being pure as the driven snow myself . |
| 27 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 28 | You do n't really want I 'm certainly not going to give you something you do n't want , so |
| 29 | They were not going to give each other away . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not going to give me his name , either , no doubt , because he told you something he should n't have done and he probably did it because you paid him for it . ’ |