Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] to give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan . |
| 2 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 3 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 4 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 6 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |
| 7 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 8 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 9 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 10 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 11 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 12 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 13 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 14 | The glare from the sun was beginning to give her a headache , and she wished that she had never undertaken this ridiculous trip . |
| 15 | Albert was reading in the library because Mr Morgan was coming to give him an extra Greek lesson and Hepzibah was busy , bustling in and out of the kitchen with no time for Carrie . |
| 16 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |
| 17 | Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |