Example sentences of "give a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't give a damn for your envy . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't give a damn for what is fashionable , ’ he said , ‘ and I do n't want to write about characters just because they 're fashionable types . |
| 3 | They did n't give a damn for what we call reason , they were liable to act wickedly at a moment 's notice . |
| 4 | He followed me , almost in tears himself , and said that he did n't give a damn for his bloody socks . |
| 5 | The film is the story of decadent British aristocrats who did not give a damn for anything but their own pleasure . |
| 6 | We were not allowed to get up early without permission , but I did n't give a damn for that . |
| 7 | As long as the planes came to drop his explosives he did n't give a damn for the rest of the war effort . |
| 8 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 9 | Then he struck up an acquaintance with Cassowary , and began to puff out his chest and give a beak-full of cheek to everyone he met ; even to wise old Owl himself ! |
| 10 | THE RUC were given a let-off in the eighth minute when the home side were awarded a penalty , but player manager Jim Scott 's kick was saved by keeper Matthews . |
| 11 | The failure of Government to give a real to training arises from it 's obsession with market forces and passion for privatisation . |
| 12 | However , the departmental system of budgeting contains no mechanism to identify those individual parts , nor any mechanism to bring them together to give a total for orthopaedic surgery . |
| 13 | ‘ Tom 's a good fellow , if unpredictable and inclined not to give a damn for anyone else . |
| 14 | It would not be surprising if the surplus were now between £200m and £300m , giving a total for the newly enlarged BTR group of about £750m . |
| 15 | The picture in Grampian region is even more pronounced with exports to the European Community accounting for 65% , and those to EFTA accounting for more than 10% of the total , giving a total for Western Europe of 75% . |
| 16 | They would learn that in this violent age , not one in 10,000 gives a damn for prisoners ' rights . |
| 17 | I assess the annual mileage as six thousand which then gives a total for running costs of five hundred and sixty eight pounds eighty pence . |
| 18 | But every country gives a different for their military spending . |