Example sentences of "he [was/were] giving [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 2 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 3 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 4 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 5 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 6 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 7 | He went out , and Merrill sensed that he was giving her a breathing space . |
| 8 | Yet he was giving her a choice , Isabel realised suddenly . |
| 9 | ‘ Good evening , Mr G … ’ she began to reply , but his glance was already away from her shoes , and he was giving her a slightly raised eyebrow look . |
| 10 | And with that sarcastic tone she had always disliked he said he was giving her the answers : he ha.i acquired a duplicate set of keys to help in his research for Eliot . |
| 11 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 12 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 13 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 14 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 15 | ‘ He was giving us a bad time , though , till you came in . |