Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] giving [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 3 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 4 | no , no , I was giving you an example to what would happen on the time scale , but let me go back to January nineteen eighty seven , if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven and I went to buy in March , April , May nineteen eighty eight , the figures in the service charges would be out of date |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 10 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 11 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 12 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
| 13 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 14 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |
| 15 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 20 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
| 21 | It was giving everyone a lot of pleasure . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 27 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | And with that sarcastic tone she had always disliked he said he was giving her the answers : he ha.i acquired a duplicate set of keys to help in his research for Eliot . |
| 30 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |