Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] giving [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my mum and dad thought of giving us that and my mum 's just lost her job . |
| 2 | He ran all the way home , keeping well off the road in case Nails came in the car and insisted on giving him another lift . |
| 3 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 4 | So the appropriate documents we went to the Croatian Customs who stamped our papers and insisted on giving us each a bottle of orange juice . |
| 5 | She admitted that , ‘ even though you knew that what you said did n't matter ’ , it was a daunting experience ; in fact ‘ afterwards , counsel apologised for giving me such a hard time ’ . |