Example sentences of "can [adv] give [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’
2 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 .
3 but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it
4 Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they
5 I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know ,
6 Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ .
7 " These are from my share of the fruit , " he said , " for I ca n't give you the pears that belong to my brothers . "
8 Erm , another reason why I ca n't give you the whole story of course is because then there 'd be no reason to take this baby rather than this baby at the hospital , you know , so their histories are exactly identical , I E nil , erm , nothing individuates them on that account .
9 yeah , erm I would take a guess that there will be because we still have ambitions to shed a load of space so it would be advisable to re-fit to release further space we have another twenty six smaller stores that we have n't done at all yet other than put a so yes we 'll have an on-going re-fit programme I ca n't give you the exact details because erm how many it 's gon na be but there will be certainly an on-going re-fit programme .
10 A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions .
11 You can not , you can not give them the the national curriculum book !
12 Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for .
13 If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that !
14 I can not give you the exact quantities you should use , for it will vary from one water to another according to the carp population .
15 All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse !
16 Thousands of years of philosophy can not give us the answers to these questions .
17 Part-time or evening classes can really give you the blues .
18 If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’
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