Example sentences of "[prep] giving [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally in relation to the mortgage of movables , it recommended a simpler scheme , together ‘ with power to the lender to sell off the security in the event of the borrower failing to repay , after giving him due notice ’ . |
| 2 | The courtly interpreter of the festival , a Tunisian , after giving him some hashish jam , said to him in a tent that he hoped he had peace of mind . |
| 3 | I 've been so frightened of giving her all my love . |
| 4 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 5 | These will probably be things that they would have kept as a matter of course in their store cupboard in earlier days , but have gradually dropped off their shopping list as they grew older and only had themselves to cook for ; so there is no question of giving them new ideas — only trying to revive old ones , which may tempt them to prepare more varied and nourishing meals to achieve a balanced diet . |
| 6 | Getting children talking about texts in groups after reading them is one way of giving them this power with texts . |
| 7 | It appeared that Josh Cohen had no intention of giving them any trouble — just as Hardy had predicted . |
| 8 | The job consists of giving him loving care , does n't it ? |
| 9 | And my mum and dad thought of giving us that and my mum 's just lost her job . |
| 10 | The Moroccan women I spoke of earlier had a means of giving it some expression . |
| 11 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 12 | ‘ We do try and do things a little differently for them like giving them complementary fruit and maybe upgrading them to an executive room . ’ |
| 13 | But , then again , it does do a good thing , and I would n't be against giving them some support , |
| 14 | There was a touch of desperation in her reply which she knew he heard , but surprisingly he made no attempt to mock her , or force her into giving him any more reasons . |
| 15 | ‘ You think I talked Peter into giving me those earrings , do n't you ? |
| 16 | You ca n't bully him into giving you better parts . ’ |
| 17 | If you 're fed up with giving him heart-shaped chocolates on St. Valentine 's Day , why not treat him to one of these delicious haircuts ! |
| 18 | We you know , I could have got away with giving you seventeen and half percent ! |
| 19 | Now they were talking about giving him some kind of a disablement classification , which stung . |
| 20 | They 're obliged to charge us a certain amount for access , but they 're talking about giving us that money back as a grant . |
| 21 | Me , for giving them new toilets ? ’ |
| 22 | The convention considering the incontestable superiority of speech over signs , a ) for restoring deaf-mutes to social life , and b ) for giving them greater facility of language , declares that the method of articulation should have the preference over that of signs in instruction in education of the deaf and dumb . |
| 23 | When passing on to them family news , which they are usually anxious to hear , remember that the time for leaning on them with your more serious troubles is now past ; so unless there is some inescapable reason for giving them bad news , try to protect them from it , for they will probably be worrying about it in isolation until your next visit . |
| 24 | Given that , whatever the justification for giving him such power may be , it has nothing to do with encouraging blackmail , such action frustrates the purpose of validating the consent and is to be discouraged because of its undesirable consequences . |
| 25 | He felt a certain gratitude to Eleanor for giving him this idea . |
| 26 | I expect she kicks herself for giving him those special facilities now , because it 's sure to be one of those jaw-breaking pieces of unreadability Americans produce . |
| 27 | He laid a small bet with himself that Fishbane had been responsible for giving her this photo-opportunity . |
| 28 | She admitted that , ‘ even though you knew that what you said did n't matter ’ , it was a daunting experience ; in fact ‘ afterwards , counsel apologised for giving me such a hard time ’ . |
| 29 | But I thank You for giving me this sight of a life of Truth . |
| 30 | Thanks for giving me this stuff . |