Example sentences of "[not/n't] to give [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did my best not to give away anything of my exasperation on discovering that a task I had thought all but behind me was in fact still there unassaulted before me . |
| 2 | However , considering that –Sewell characteristically was uncommunicative and that the College 's general policy was not to give away information helpful to others , the report does have some interest . |
| 3 | When you are chatting in a public place , be careful not to give away sensitive information about your personal movements , holiday plans , valuables or your house , just in case some unwelcome eavesdropper is enthusiastically tuning into your conversation . |
| 4 | The reason was not to give longer playing time , but to allow louder reproduction . |
| 5 | A lesson not to give up ! |
| 6 | The boy 's parents said he was determined not to give up and would appeal . |
| 7 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 8 | You have a reasonable period of time to decide whether or not to give up your job , but it is not easy to forecast what will be regarded as ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 9 | It 's hard to tell people not to give up their day jobs — but a lot of the time that 's exactly what you mean . ’ |
| 10 | This is a message to them not to give up hope . |
| 11 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 12 | Mr Ubial Susey , whose Department of Communication is a member of WACC and who served on WACC 's Central Committee in the 1980s , is publicising the plight of Zaire in an effort both to gain international support for his country 's struggle for democracy , and to encourage its people not to give up . |
| 13 | It was important to believe , and it was important not to give up . |
| 14 | Hugo Brassard keeps telling me not to give up hope . ’ |
| 15 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 16 | Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu reportedly attempted to persuade Ozawa , his main ally and patron , not to give up the secretary-general 's post ( which he had held since August 1989 when Kaifu became Prime Minister — see p. 36850 ) . |
| 17 | But campaigners for the Glosters are being advised not to give up their fight |
| 18 | But brave dad Brendan has vowed not to give up hope and a Europe-wide search is still on to find a suitable donor for Caolan . |
| 19 | The Poet will protect the Friend 's heart ‘ As tender nurse her babe from faring ill ’ , but after his death then the Friend 's heart may also be in jeopardy : ‘ Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain ; /Thou gav'st me thine not to give back again . ’ |
| 20 | He can be trusted not to give too much away , ’ a former regimental commander says . |
| 21 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 22 | We decided not to give more recent figures , for two reasons . |
| 23 | Not to give in to temptation , no matter what form it takes . |
| 24 | Whatever it was , however , he was determined not to give in . |
| 25 | Both May and Bert are determined not to give in to their physical weaknesses . |
| 26 | As the carriage rolled down the driveway , Emily looked straight ahead , holding herself erect , determined not to give in to the tears that threatened to overflow . |
| 27 | Twenty years ago the same testy attitude was asserting itself in Parliament , prompting one MP to urge Mr Butler not to give in to ‘ the wild men of the Conservative Party ’ . |
| 28 | Not to give in . |
| 29 | As she clenched her hands on the rail until they hurt , she fought to hate him , to make herself angry , not to give in to the terrible despair that kept threatening to overwhelm her . |
| 30 | As she pushed her cold hands into the pockets , her fingers encountered the stiff crackle of paper and her resolve not to give in nearly broke . |