Example sentences of "[was/were] giving [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These problems and a long evening incarcerated below decks without fresh air were giving her a headache . |
| 2 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 3 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 4 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 5 | Willy-nilly , he was now the star of The Hooded Owl , and the rest of the cast were giving him a taste of the treatment afforded to stars . |
| 6 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 7 | ‘ Th'did more for me when Garty were giving me a beating . ’ |
| 8 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 9 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 10 | Too often I was asked to bowl defensively , brought into the attack to stop the flood of runs when batsmen were giving us a caning . |
| 11 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 12 | And , and of course needlework , but erm they were mainly the , I suppose they were giving you a good er grounding as they 'd call it in those days . |
| 13 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 14 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 15 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 16 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
| 17 | My mum said , she 's going my mum said , she was going to sign in because she was late , and then I was giving her a pen like |
| 18 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 19 | But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish . |
| 20 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
| 21 | came across dry ginger one of my school girlfriends was giving me a recipe , which , for which one er fo for erm ginger beer |
| 22 | It was giving everyone a lot of pleasure . |
| 23 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 24 | In the Ascot race Brown Windsor was giving him a stone and finished 5 ¾ lengths behind . |
| 25 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 26 | He had heard about the Funnell family and the old matriarch when Doctor Rice was giving him a lightning summary of the patients . |
| 27 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 28 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 29 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
| 30 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |