Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] giving [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | But thank you for giving me the hope , coat peg to hang some further comment . |
| 4 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 5 | So thank you for giving me the chance to , to air that view . |
| 6 | We thank you for giving us the incentive to do this and wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year . |
| 7 | But the Lord has made it easier for you by giving us the lesson taught so simply and sublimely by our parents — the joy of love , that is of understanding and being understood , of giving and receiving , of sacrificing oneself to be recreated , of pouring out the treasures of one 's own heart only to find them multiplied endlessly . |
| 8 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 9 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm thrilled that the board have shown faith in me by giving me the chance to work with them for another 12 months . |