Example sentences of "[noun] [be] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ford , 20 , is technically on loan from Rotherham until the end of the season , but the Millmoor club are giving him a free transfer . |
| 2 | A good thriller , and Corgi is giving it a major campaign . |
| 3 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 4 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 5 | One good way of starting the dreaming process is to give yourself a physical check-up . |
| 6 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 7 | Gloucestershire 's ambulance service is giving itself a new look . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 9 | In supporting our own active participation in , and control over our own affairs , such people are giving us the right kind of help . |
| 10 | A recent revival of enthusiasm for Gaelic among both lots of people is giving them a rare common interest . |
| 11 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 12 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 13 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 14 | While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user . |
| 15 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |
| 16 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 17 | Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’ |
| 18 | HarperCollins is giving him a big push , and is reissuing Climbers and The Ice Monkey at the same time as this haunting tale . |
| 19 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 20 | No mum 's giving you a fair , what she say ? |
| 21 | Out-of-favour Neil Webb is giving himself a two-month deadline to get back into favour at Old Trafford . |
| 22 | Engineers know that the way to make something that resists damage is to give it a modular structure . |
| 23 | to see which ones are giving you the good profits , sort of thing . |
| 24 | The idea was to give everybody a reasonable chance of answering some questions , not merely by general railway knowledge , but by dint of having supported Society events . |
| 25 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 26 | ‘ Luke been giving you a hard time ? ’ |
| 27 | This note is to give you a quick update — the report still has to go to the Computer Needs Group . |
| 28 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |