Example sentences of "[was/were] give [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 6 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 7 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 8 | He did go back to London ; he did defy the might of Zanuck , but the canny Alex Korda in London stitched up the contract later which , yes , was to give him a million dollars , but also tie him to some terrible films . |
| 9 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 10 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 11 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |
| 12 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 13 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 17 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 20 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 21 | He was all the more determined to appear in control because his father-in-law was giving him the half-amused , half-pitying look , which Hugh interpreted as ‘ I know you 're sorry you 've got to put up with me . |
| 22 | So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle . |
| 23 | By the middle of February , when the Shah had been in Morocco more than a month , it had become common gossip in the diplomatic corps that Hassan was giving him the cold shoulder . |
| 24 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 25 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 26 | And we did it first half , and when we were in possession , we were winning it in their sort of last third of the field , and that was giving us a great chance to create scoring chances and that 's what we 've done again today which has worked very well . |
| 27 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |
| 28 | Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick . |