Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [adv] giving [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am just giving priority to those who were most instrumental in shaping my life and my general outlook in all matters appertaining to living .
2 No , I am not giving way .
3 I am not giving way .
4 In saying ‘ Do such-and-such ’ I am not giving expression to a belief .
5 The queen broached the matter to me and ostensibly I am now giving thought to my answer — what would you say to going in my place ? ’
6 Nor is it the case that in saying ‘ I promise to meet you ’ I am merely giving expression to — or reporting or describing — an inward , mental act .
7 I 'm only giving cards out because as you know nan does n't bother with birthdays
8 Naturally , you can not say you are not giving credit because you think the applicant is not trustworthy .
9 By the way , I am so very pleased that you are still giving patterns in your magazine for the ordinary standard punchcard knitting machine and not giving way entirely to the electronic .
10 Betting against yourself is an each way bet , you 're just giving money to the bookie .
11 Yes yeah , I , I 'm also very disappointed that er er , in the negotiations that they did n't er er , come up with any sort of housing erm I think the , it 's mucking any future negotiations with other partners or developers , speculators whoever they may be , I think it 's important that we have , er we strike a balance between bu houses for sale and rented accommodation because , I mean they need to now the building er , this house for sale and each time we we we we knock down flats or building and ga gave the land free of charge to the speculators we have to de-count people , those people are moving th the existing te er people on the waiting list and they 're getting moved further and further back and er I think i i i it 's a very worrying situation where we are continually giving land free of charge and they 're getting no rented accommodation .
12 I 'm sorry we 're not giving money away today
13 Yes , they 're even giving tourists a leaflet now about the
14 If they 're not giving trouble and no one complains , then they 're fine . ’
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