Example sentences of "[prep] giving [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 2 | After giving you the brush-off , as you thought , and then bellowing and being so bloody judgemental at the time Simon crashed , I had n't come over as either sensitive or supportive . |
| 3 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 4 | Just now , however , the land was dry , the pool a perfect mirror , moss on the statuary below giving it a rich green colour , like a tarnished bronze . |
| 5 | What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain . |
| 6 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 7 | This has the positive advantage of giving them a broad-based appeal across a diversified range of industries and functions and always having somebody in the team who can potentially suit the chemistry of a particular client . |
| 8 | ‘ We will make sure they go to families who are capable of giving them a good home , ’ said Mrs Henderson . |
| 9 | Much as the regimes of Eastern Europe might welcome the support of their neighbours against Moscow — and hence a strengthening of such multilateral forums — they also view their neighbours as rival claimants to Moscow 's favour and are wary of giving them a greater voice in their own affairs . |
| 10 | If he fails to do so , the mortgagee will be entitled to an order of foreclosure absolute , the effect of which will be to vest the mortgaged property in him absolutely , but at the same time to prevent him — even if the property should prove insufficient — from claiming payment from the mortgagor , except upon terms of giving him a fresh right to redeem . |
| 11 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 12 | I want you , but I have no intention of giving you a plain gold ring or any other ring that could be held against me as a pledge . |
| 13 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 14 | It is a painless way to travel with the unrivalled advantage of giving you an extra day 's skiing at each end of a week 's holiday . |
| 15 | Most teachers want to work hard , and they will not generally use this exercise to con people into giving them an easy life . |
| 16 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
| 17 | When I was about to take O-level Art and my teacher said I was a disaster , my father was shamed into giving me an intensive course ( 'I ca n't have a daughter not passing ’ ) and taught me painting , pastel drawing , cross-hatching , line drawing . |
| 18 | despite the now fashionable equation of knowledge with " science " , the average undergraduate , whatever his special intellectual bent , still demanded that a university should primarily concern itself with giving him a liberal education . |
| 19 | But , but the other thing about giving them a standardised test at the re , when when they first arrived with us , is when you get the parent who comes and says well how they were level five in the primary school and you 've only given them level four ? |
| 20 | For six years up to the war , they had raised millions to help their German cousins and had absorbed over 60,000 refugees , not all of them living off charity by any means , but with the great majority owing thanks to Jewish organisations for giving them a new start . |
| 21 | And now , with the way that the human take it to the medical profession for giving them a longer life expectancy , thirty percent of people are diseased . |
| 22 | These two are the best guides to the little constellation of Scutum , with its famous open cluster M11 ; indeed , Scutum used to be included in Aquila , and there does not seem much justification for giving it a separate identity . |
| 23 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 24 | Sorry for giving you a hard time there . |
| 25 | They do have other uses of course , such as giving you an early , audible warning of a bite you have not yet seen , and allow you to attend to other things like pouring a cup of coffee and watering the horse , without the risk of missing a bite . |
| 26 | It is worth giving it a detailed treatment . |
| 27 | For if they vote with John Major next Wednesday , they will have played a crucial part in giving him a fresh mandate to break his election promises . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Quite a number of the students knew no English when they arrived , and the first year was spent in giving them a working knowledge . |
| 30 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |