Example sentences of "giving i the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 2 | The Bölkow 207 is fitted with toe-operated rubber pedals on the P1 position only , so Nigel was being very trusting in giving me the only set of brakes . |
| 3 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 4 | And far from being envious , it is giving me the greatest pleasure . ’ |
| 5 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |
| 6 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 8 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 9 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 10 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 11 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |