Example sentences of "[v-ing] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will not be driven like the commercial nursery into getting as many as you can per acre ( hectare ) , and can therefore afford to be a little more generous with spacing to give yourself room to move about more comfortably . |
| 2 | The enclosed experiments will , I doubt not , excuse this my freedom in endeavouring to give him this opportunity of becoming acquainted with you . |
| 3 | She 'd leave them watching their choice of video or music for an hour or so before returning to give them their tea . |
| 4 | I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . |
| 5 | The people who passed by , sometimes pausing to give them money , were the others . |
| 6 | Royalists might be asked to image what their reaction would be if the monarch started to revive ancient powers to dismiss governments or began refusing to give their assent to acts of parliament . |
| 7 | They fled to the low countries , fell among thieves , and Katharine was reduced to giving birth to her son on the steps of a church at Wesel , even the sexton refusing to give them shelter . |
| 8 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |
| 9 | Relations between Modi and Madame Hébuterne became so strained , with Jeanne refusing to give him up and Madame cursing him and his art , that after a time he moved away to stay in the Hôtel Tarelli , 5 Rue de France . |
| 10 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 11 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 12 | At least twelve prisoners are still thought to be inside the jail and refusing to give themselves up . |
| 13 | ‘ Like people refusing to give you a lift ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 14 | I was demanding a big rise in salary , just to prove my worth ; and Andrew was refusing to give it to me , as a matter of principle . |
| 15 | She also sought an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Attorney-General of 3 July 1990 refusing to give his authority under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 for an application that the High Court make an order that a fresh inquest be held and a declaration that the Attorney-General had wrongly withheld his authority under section 13 of the Act of 1988 . |
| 16 | ‘ We depend on Unprofor for oil supplies to fuel the generators around the city , but they only give small amounts and are refusing to give us newsprint . ’ |
| 17 | Kate quickly shrugged it off herself , not wanting to give him any chance of coming near her . |
| 18 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 19 | He looked at her now , sitting there like a bird with a broken wing , and was torn between wanting to give her a hug and a kiss , as he would with Anna when she 'd fallen and hurt her knee , and a rather more powerful instinct for self-preservation that urged him to climb into the airing cupboard and pull the door shut after him . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not that , ’ Fabia began , certain in her heart that she had now scuppered every last chance of that interview with Ven , but with Cara having more than enough to worry about with Barney still so poorly , not wanting to give her something else to be upset about . |
| 21 | Eva would have had difficulty holding the reins , even for such a short time , without wanting to give them a short , sharp jerk occasionally . |
| 22 | Surely accountants should be seeking to give their clients value for money and if the audit of a small company is deemed to be of very little value , then how can we in all conscience — justify the charging of substantial fees for such a service . |
| 23 | These notions are not inconsistent with attaching significance to the provisions of international treaties to which the United Kingdom is a party and seeking to give them effect where possible . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's waiting to give her a breathalyser if she comes round , ’ I said under my breath . |
| 25 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |
| 26 | The ward was full of fulfilled and cow-like women waiting to give their udders to their young . |
| 27 | but then after , not after , before then , I was sitting up waiting to give my bloody when Mrs said |
| 28 | You will be whisked off to a photographer 's studio for a photo session where a top hairdresser , make-up artist and fashion stylist will be waiting to give you a fabulous makeover . |
| 29 | In two days we reached Tezpur , and again found kind ladies from the tea estates waiting to give us a meal and a bath — bliss indeed ! |
| 30 | Moreover the Washington Post , having taken the lustre away , was plainly only waiting to give it back again . |