Example sentences of "give [pers pn] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stones in the bladder were a very common ailment in middle life , and something for which my first aid training had given me no preparation . |
| 2 | You have given me no reason to trust you . ’ |
| 3 | The seating plan had given me no view at all of my now-giggling pals , but the great bonus of being next to Patricia Hutchinson , and opposite the Principal , who is most gracious , and does n't miss a trick . |
| 4 | ‘ Karl has given me no indication that he wants to leave and Paul Dixon is the only player they have got who is good enough to get in my side . |
| 5 | ‘ This Budget has given me no confidence to spend whatsoever , ’ Mr Ingram said . |
| 6 | We 've given them no bother as far the union is concerned — they 've had a free hand and we feel severely let down |
| 7 | Iron Josh had certainly given them no trouble when they had driven into his yard at the back of Old George 's Street and ordered him to climb into the cart . |
| 8 | The neurosurgeon who had been in charge of Guy 's case in the hospital would give them no help or advice , and neither did the doctors . |
| 9 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 10 | To do so at risk to you or Norman would give me no happiness , dearest . |
| 11 | Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all . |
| 12 | Fans of the band 's music do n't particularly get anything extra from the rag-arsed studio orphan ‘ Do n't Give Me No Lip , Child ’ or the ‘ Live At Trondheim ’ CD which ends , in tribute to ‘ Metallic KO ’ , with the sounds of dumped instruments and broken bottles . |
| 13 | It would give me no satisfaction . ’ |
| 14 | Later , when I visited the vice-chairman of the PCC , who is also the vicar 's warden , he could give me no explanation of why the candle was there . |
| 15 | I come off , like , but they did n't give you no treatment or anything . |
| 16 | This activity is performed by the hand , when we think by writing ; by the mouth and larynx , when we think by speaking ; and if we think by imagining signs or pictures , I can give you no agent that thinks . |
| 17 | During that time I shall give you no set work , you are to take no services in English nor preach in English , your sole task will be to become competent in Burmese . |
| 18 | Robinson said , deciding that talk about his farming , not unlike the farming itself , alas , would give him no advantage . |
| 19 | It was easy for Hardy to say Josh Cohen would give him no trouble , that the Jew would come through without a murmur . |
| 20 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 21 | Others were disturbingly abstract , and Hawk could give her no clue as to their exact meaning . |
| 22 | It was ridiculous , for the flimsy garment could give her no protection , but nevertheless she felt very vulnerable without them . |
| 23 | Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained . |
| 24 | Two days later the Marquis ' wife , a good woman , who has learned with horror something of what has happened , comes to Manette , hoping to be able to contact through him the sister she knows to survive from the murdered family , and to help her by way of making some atonement for her husband 's and her brother-in-law 's evil behaviour ; Manette can give her no information , however . |
| 25 | The Landrat of Ebermannstadt in Upper Franconia , frank as usual in his comment , reported that people in his area Were too careful to say such things as ‘ Hitler will give us no peace till everything has had it ’ , but said instead ‘ there wo n't be any peace before … ’ , and meant the same thing . |
| 26 | Hefter and May give us no reason to modify this statement . |
| 27 | If the Senate will not agree to his design for a new Rome , then he will burn down the present one and give them no choice . |
| 28 | Sadly , mass closures and redundancies have become commonplace , it 's no longer hitting the headlines , just a few small columns in the paper , so I ask you delegates , go back to your branches , raise the issue not just about coal but about all unemployment , chase up the media , write to your M P , especially the Tories , support the rallies and maybe a petition from this conference could be organized , but I say raise hell , give them no peace , one job loss is one too many and we ai n't gon na accept redundancy in any of our sections without a bloody good fight . |
| 29 | The most important thing for any parent who suspects that the father or mother of their child will try to take them , is to make sure they give them no opportunity . |
| 30 | You stand against everything I tell her , obstinately and in her hearing , you give me no support , but as soon as it 's convenient to you , you pack her off back downstairs . ’ |