Example sentences of "[v-ing] us the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
2 | ‘ I should be very cross with you — worrying us the way you did . ’ |
3 | ‘ We owe a good deal of thanks to Mr Kennedy for all the effort he put into getting us the medals , ’ said Mr Connor . |
4 | Thank you very much for sending us the samples of prints from the English In Focus video taken from the Sony UP 5000 video printer . |
5 | Giving us the answers now ? |
6 | After the rash of Chinese shots by Western photojournalists that followed last year 's student uprising , Zeng Nian 's views of Peking come as a welcome and refreshing change , giving us the chance to see the country through Chinese eyes |
7 | It 's a quality project and is further endorsement that our wide and deep rooted experience in building and refurbishing hospitals is giving us the advantage in this sector of the market . ’ |
8 | The roads , though , were completely blocked , giving us the problem of at least a six-mile walk through the snow to reach the base of either mountain . |
9 | It is arguable whether these routes are worthwhile , but it would be nice if everybody could judge this rather than some narrow-minded person not giving us the choice . |
10 | One might have hoped for silence from Diana Mosley but now she has been giving us the benefit of her experience on the subject of sexual politics : ‘ There are quite as many henpecked husbands in the world as there are battered wives , something feminists fail to notice . ’ |
11 | provide something on doing erm etc. , and we call it we call it but what it is actually doing , it has halved the traffic , that 's what its about , giving us the back pedestrian , back but the traffic still come through . |
12 | In conclusion , I 'd like to thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to present our petition . |
13 | Police spokesman Martin Wallwork said : ‘ In police stations civilians will do the duties of officers who man the front desk giving us the opportunity to redeploy them on the streets . ’ |
14 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
15 | The employee records were created on Total database files thus giving us the flexibility to link the information into other systems as required . |
16 | Complete our coupon , giving us the name of the movie star you would most like to look like . |
17 | I see this marvellous mechanism as giving us the certainty of immortality , for the impact of our thoughts and personality becomes imprinted in the brains of other men and they will continue in the minds of future generations . |
18 | How much better it would be for ministers to be seen in the constituencies giving us the ammunition we need to fight on the doorsteps . ’ |
19 | We do n't pray to win ; we pray before and after each game to thank God for giving us the gift of talent and the capacity to express it . |
20 | ‘ We are both very proud and thank God for giving us the strength to help others less fortunate than ourselves . ’ |
21 | We thank you for giving us the incentive to do this and wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year . |
22 | But the Lord has made it easier for you by giving us the lesson taught so simply and sublimely by our parents — the joy of love , that is of understanding and being understood , of giving and receiving , of sacrificing oneself to be recreated , of pouring out the treasures of one 's own heart only to find them multiplied endlessly . |
23 | If you like , giving us the Hollywood image that we can live that lifestyle for two weeks . |
24 | He smiled , giving us the impression that — after all the adulation he usually experiences — he might find that something of a relief . |
25 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
26 | There are frogs that glide with big webs between their toes , tree-snakes with flattened bodies that catch the air , lizards with flaps along their bodies ; and several different kinds of mammals that glide with membranes stretched between their limbs , showing us the kind of way bats must have got their start . |
27 | Milton , we could say , is here showing us the price of following God 's command . |
28 | I give them lollipops , so they perform enthusiastically , showing us the speed of their boats as they skiff them through the water and how many stones they can carry before sinking . |
29 | The Agia Triadha sarcophagus is invaluable in showing us the funeral ceremonies that were offered for some important person around 1400 BC . |
30 | " Do n't know whether he 's showing us the gun because he 's afraid of us , or so that we 'll be afraid of him . " |