Example sentences of "[been] give [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cumulative effect of the language of the British inner city has been to give it a contradictory definition , as a conceptual space both inside and outside of society . |
| 2 | The laughter had stopped a while ago and , ever since , Lydia 's imagination had been giving her a hard time . |
| 3 | " Apparently some of the younger fellows in the Owsla have been giving him a thin time — teasing him about his fur , you know , and saying he only got his place because of the Threarah . |
| 4 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 5 | The man had a faint discoloration under one eye — he could n't help speculating whether Dotty had n't been giving him a hard time . |
| 6 | ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time . |
| 7 | He argued he had been giving them a practical demonstration of his work as a ‘ psycho-sexual ’ counsellor and doctor . |
| 8 | ‘ Luke been giving you a hard time ? ’ |
| 9 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |