Example sentences of "be [v-ing] he [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 2 | I 've been paying him a little visit . ’ |
| 3 | " I see you 've been getting him a new collar and lead . " |
| 4 | Ford , 20 , is technically on loan from Rotherham until the end of the season , but the Millmoor club are giving him a free transfer . |
| 5 | ‘ Bowe has always said that I am the man he wants more than anybody and now that I am giving him the perfect opportunity , he is shying away from it . |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It seemed to be testing him the whole time . |
| 10 | I honestly do not think my child is encouraged in any way , possibly because his life is short … to take charge of his life and I think this might be giving him an unspoken message that you do n't count . |
| 11 | If a thief steals it , you could be giving him an open invitation to your home ! |
| 12 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 13 | I may , of course , be doing him a massive injustice . |
| 14 | I 'm reading him the Greek myths at bedtime and I just hope when we get to Oedipus the penny will drop . |
| 15 | The words were leading him the wrong way . |
| 16 | He started living lavishly and tried to extort more and more money from the government who were paying him a tax-free pension of $1,050 a month . |
| 17 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 18 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 19 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 20 | As Coleman 's real job was to file back-channel reports on the operations of DEA Nicosia , the DIA was hardly likely to have told Hurley that they were lending him a full-time agent . |
| 21 | I sat there silent for a moment while he went on looking at me sympathetically as if I 'd been telling him a hard-luck story . |
| 22 | A few minutes later , as he turned right into the Banbury Road , now beginning to think once more with some semblance of rationality , Morse considered whether his witness had been telling him the whole truth . |
| 23 | She 's got that unappetizing little Yank in tow , and she 's feeding him the Authorized Version . |
| 24 | HarperCollins is giving him a big push , and is reissuing Climbers and The Ice Monkey at the same time as this haunting tale . |
| 25 | This was costing him a small fortune . |
| 26 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 27 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 28 | Of course , in thinking like this , I was doing him a great injustice : the change was not so much in him , as in the way I saw him . |
| 29 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 30 | 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 . |