Example sentences of "can [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't give you a purpose or meaning in life . |
| 2 | ‘ Given that you ca n't give it up , and you seem unable to scrub round it at present , ’ said Francis , ‘ what exactly have you got ? |
| 3 | He added : ‘ At this stage I ca n't give you any indication of what level the toll might be … it depends on the amount of interest from industry and commerce . ’ |
| 4 | The Chancellor said on BBC television : ‘ I ca n't give a firm promise that this is the turning point , that they wo n't go up any higher . |
| 5 | There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant . |
| 6 | Organic farmers know it works , but they ca n't give scientific reasons . |
| 7 | We ca n't give away Sue and Richard 's dream home , but we can offer BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine readers a taste of the good life . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't give prominence to everything , ’ he says . |
| 9 | He ca n't give me any straight answers about all this because he is only concerned with the state-run prison service . |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't give up now , ’ Anne said . |
| 11 | However deeply you care for your children , without knowledge of how they develop , how their experiences affect their personalities , you ca n't give them this … this birthright you talk about so glibly . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't give that sort of guarantee . |
| 13 | ‘ Oi ca n't give her much , but oi 'll give her me name , so oi will . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't give people bad chicken . |
| 15 | Given the character 's added rebellious nature — playing chess on the Ottawa security link and receiving calls from her small boy on the Downing Street red line ( ‘ I ca n't give him my office number , that 's a state secret ’ ) — she fully exploits the rich comic potential of the role while not missing the pathos of the woman striving to hold her lover , albeit more idealistically than emotionally . |
| 16 | Bill ca n't give no satisfaction |
| 17 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 18 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 19 | A dejected Allen added : ‘ You ca n't give John Aldridge chances like that — he is a quality finisher . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't give any answers as to why we were beaten , but I felt we were turning the corner and starting to play the Liverpool way again . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't give three goals away like that and expect to win the match , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 23 | You ca n't give it ; people have to take it . ’ |
| 24 | So if you ca n't give all your accounts equal time and effort start on your biggest one first and work down to your smallest one last . |
| 25 | That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard . |
| 26 | If we ca n't give them what they want , a cash offer might have its uses . |
| 27 | It was the classic case of idolising a rogue whom you can never quite trust but whom you ca n't give up trying to reform . |
| 28 | A loose tribute to Judy Garland , Liza Minnelli , Barbra Streisand and ‘ those women who ca n't give enough as a performer ’ , it also involves Sandra taking even more of her clothes off . |
| 29 | But we ca n't give it back to 'im , can we , not knowing who 'e is or where 'e lives . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't give you a good answer . |