Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] giving [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS BOOKLET IS TO HELP YOU TO SETTLE IN BY GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECTS IN YOUR TIMETABLE . |
| 2 | See I sometimes wonder whether it 's not worth giving them some kind of er a proper test . |
| 3 | We you know , I could have got away with giving you seventeen and half percent ! |
| 4 | If you 're fed up with giving him heart-shaped chocolates on St. Valentine 's Day , why not treat him to one of these delicious haircuts ! |
| 5 | The key question is whether , after decades of exposure to the various ‘ risk factors ’ , it is possible to reduce the frequency of coronary events and the deaths they may cause in men in the highest-risk categories , by altering the way of life of these men , and perhaps also by giving them appropriate drugs . |
| 6 | I mean is it an attempt by the Government to bribe these schools to opt out by giving them more money ? |
| 7 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 8 | We even got round g we even got round to giving them mobile phones . |