Example sentences of "[was/were] giving the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a fear that a custodial sentence would hamper the counselling that social workers were giving the family . |
| 2 | We did get some sales , but actually it felt like we were giving the series away . |
| 3 | A rapid method of assaying samples was essential in order to discover which extracts were giving the best yields , and the sooner a stable crude preparation was obtained which could act as a standard , the better . |
| 4 | The parents were then encouraged to go and check on the sister to let Mary see that they were concerned about her and were giving the sister attention . |
| 5 | And they used to call on when they were giving the turns to go there and load . |
| 6 | All this came from Lucy in a rush , as if she was giving the background to someone else 's story . |
| 7 | Sir Leon , who was giving the Grenada annual address in London yesterday , said that German reunification was becoming inevitable . |
| 8 | He himself , by his own self justifying account , was giving the President the facts and pointing out the alternatives ; North , speaking the language of military tactics , was for ‘ boxing him in so there 's only one way he can go — the right way . ’ |
| 9 | I was giving the chimney a quick sweep . |
| 10 | Half a century later the top-hatted , side-whiskered Stingy Uncle in Punch was giving the same advice . |
| 11 | She looked across at Nan , who was giving the thumbs-up sign . |
| 12 | Biograph , it seemed , was giving the public a new social cinema and as the years went by it seemed that D. W. Griffith in particular was just taking the main problems of American society as his subject-matter . |
| 13 | Bristow was butler to the Duke of Richmond whose wife was giving the ball in this large rented house . |
| 14 | In his memoirs , O'Neill offers an unconvincing explanation for this major concession ; ‘ I was fully aware of the advantage I was giving the Republicans as all the votes would take place well within the new president 's honeymoon period . |
| 15 | The story is told of a professor who was giving the first lecture of the year to a group of new medical students . |
| 16 | He was giving the party for his brother , visiting London again now , at the end of the summer . |
| 17 | The winner was the bottom weight and possible Grand National runner Zuko , owned jointly by Mr Stanley Powell and Mr Ken Jaffa , ridden by Mark Perrett , and trained by Mr Stan Mellor , who beat the top weight Mr Jim Joel 's Ballyhane , who was giving the winner 25 pounds , by seven lengths . |
| 18 | It was early evening and Kee was giving the chickens some food as the sun went down . |
| 19 | It was just like Hilda — and she could tell herself she was giving the Walter Machin industry a boost while she was enjoying a good laugh . |
| 20 | Goreng was giving the captain orders . |
| 21 | Once in one of these classes one year I had a Jewish student got up and got very upset during such a class as this and stomped out and then slammed the door er which I was rather sorry about because erm I think he was being a little bit erm too sensitive because the person who was giving the paper said anything anyway erm , but warrant that , but he was just offended of the idea that anybody could suggest that Moses was n't Jewish , and of course |
| 22 | In his last years even Louis XIV was giving the Dutch republic the treatment in this respect which it demanded . |
| 23 | This meant addressing various specific requests to the Turks , telling them what the consequences of refusal would be , and informing the major European courts that Russia was giving the Ottoman Empire a last chance . |
| 24 | Strach was giving the ball away , it was this that led to Alex 's equaliser . |
| 25 | It was giving the back . |
| 26 | Ross said some hours later as he entered the apartment while she was giving the children their supper . |
| 27 | Rumours that Denis Smith was taking over were rife at the press conference in the afternoon , but Corden announced he was giving the job to youth team coach Hankin . |
| 28 | You know when I was giving the introduction I talked about targeting , studying and so forth . |