Example sentences of "[modal v] be give [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he should be giving you a million to three . |
| 2 | I honestly do not think my child is encouraged in any way , possibly because his life is short … to take charge of his life and I think this might be giving him an unspoken message that you do n't count . |
| 3 | By moving out of the way , we 'll be giving them a clear run . |
| 4 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 5 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 6 | If a thief steals it , you could be giving him an open invitation to your home ! |
| 7 | Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win . |
| 8 | But this quality is balanced by the paradoxical notion that Bellay may be giving us a clearer view of what things are actually like , as though reality were an infinitely accessible enigma . |
| 9 | A long-term , good investment would be to give him a separate building in which to tell the tale of twentieth-century art before the twentieth century is quite at an end . |
| 10 | They confirmed that Laura 's best hope of life would be to give her a new bowel , stomach , pancreas , liver and kidneys . |
| 11 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 12 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 13 | ‘ My reward will be to give them the final yellow jersey in Manchester . ’ |
| 14 | well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs . |