Example sentences of "giving me the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pink hydrangea is giving me the blues |
| 2 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 3 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got the idea , ’ said his boss , giving me the once-over . |
| 5 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 6 | He sat back and folded his arms , giving me the impression that he was now ready to get down to some serious talking . |
| 7 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 8 | The Bölkow 207 is fitted with toe-operated rubber pedals on the P1 position only , so Nigel was being very trusting in giving me the only set of brakes . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm thrilled that the board have shown faith in me by giving me the chance to work with them for another 12 months . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 12 | ‘ Are you giving me the sack ? ’ |
| 13 | As Noel Blanc , who has a collection of 20 classic cars , explains : ‘ When I 'm driving down the street in my hot-rod , people are waving at me and giving me the thumbs up . |
| 14 | Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers , and then to my delight a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle , giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world 's rarer gulls . |
| 15 | My very sincere thanks to everyone involved in the Art in Nature Competition — thank you for choosing me , and giving me the opportunity to spend a little time on this magic island , which so generously allowed me to paint , and to enjoy , its special beauty . |
| 16 | Incidentally , these images of traces sometimes persisted into my dreams , appearing in the sky above the action of the dream , giving me the impression that I could actually monitor my own sleep stages while dreaming . |
| 17 | For giving me the courage to do what I did . " |
| 18 | My barren womb , once so degrading , had become a positive qualification , giving me the opportunity of generating money in place of babies . |
| 19 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 20 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 21 | The scrub nurse , Nurse del Puablo , is giving me the eye . |
| 22 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 23 | ‘ So instead of letting me finish it , you let her carry on giving me the runaround . ’ |
| 24 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 25 | We were brought back to reality by Marty , who stood dripping on the pier head in a bitter east wind shouting , " Come on , when you lot have finished , what about giving me the headrope ? " |
| 26 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 27 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Giving me the crumbs from your great table , taunting me with your presence . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 30 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |