Example sentences of "[was/were] give he [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look .
5 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 .
6 So , Himmler was giving him the same powers as he had given Max Radl for Operation Eagle .
7 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 .
8 He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability .
9 Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick .
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