Example sentences of "giving [pers pn] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Once the Greeks grow familiar with the alternation of democratically elected governments , and once their economy is giving them something like a proper European standard of life , they will behave like proper Europeans . |
2 | When your side wins an election , you expect it to help its followers by giving them plenty of undemanding if not very well-paid jobs ( kicking out the other lot 's placemen in the process ) , arranging nice little contracts , inventing new pension wheezes , and so on . |
3 | Giving them plenty of time to absorb . |
4 | The old French military primary trainer is still a very good machine for introducing pilots gently to jets , while giving them lots of fun too , finds Bob Grimstead . |
5 | The Fouga , designed as a primary jet trainer , was and still is a very good machine for introducing pilots gently to jets ' special characteristics — while giving them lots of fun too . |
6 | Besides , I thought it might sting you into giving me something on the Mallenders . |
7 | He 's been giving me them for eight months now . |
8 | So we 're giving em it for six months . |
9 | An interesting adaption of our 10 day holiday to Alsopahok in Hungary occurs when we make an overnight stay in the Vienna Woods area , thereby giving you plenty of time for sightseeing in Vienna itself . |
10 | Well I 've never had the experience and I do n't think my family have , I er no I should n't think it was really , they might , I suppose somebody , they used to have a reputation at one time these chemists was doing minor , giving you something for some minor ailment , but I would n't care to sort of er , I 'd never think of it , no there were quite a lot of doctors about you know , there was er Doctor at the top of Road and there was Doctor , Doctor oh there was a lot of doctors about . |
11 | What we 're saying is we 're giving you it for half price . |
12 | Mum , what about giving him something for being very |
13 | Spartan Missile had made a bad mistake at the eighteenth and Thorne was giving him plenty of time to recover . |
14 | Oddly , if the P M risks giving him one in the next reshuffle , it might be a sign that his own confidence is returning . |
15 | We 've never in the past looked in detail at the total work content to work out these time units , after all in the past , we 've known what the client wants , we 've been giving him it for years . |
16 | Nevertheless few other aspects of caste are maintained , and during the daughter 's long engagement she will spend plenty of time with her fiancé , giving her plenty of opportunity to reject him . |
17 | Come on you Reds and do the business for the supporters because they will be giving it everything for you ! |
18 | ‘ My next move is an important one and I 'll be giving it plenty of thought . ’ |
19 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
20 | We are , however , keeping our hand in as the coarse plant is running at full production giving us plenty of bagging to do ! |
21 | I mean , then , they 're not giving us anything to . |