Example sentences of "[conj] giving [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
| 2 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 3 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 4 | ‘ The war , the war , the bloody war ! ’ said Comfort , screwing up his handkerchief and giving it back to him . |
| 5 | ‘ A considerable degree of work has been done in putting the city first and giving it back to its citizens , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Three weeks into the job and Richard Jaross , Uniforum 's spanking new executive director , is talking about revitalising the place and giving it more of a customer focus . |