Example sentences of "without give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 2 | He strode away without giving her a chance to speak , leaving her with the distinct impression that she had just been steamrollered . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , Rachel , ’ he said without giving her a chance to say what she had come for . |
| 4 | Unlike many of the top jockeys , he found time to talk to Kelly without giving her the immediate impression that he wanted to sleep with her , although if his reputation was only half true then he did . |
| 5 | This has to be suggested to her with some care , without giving her the impression that you think her sudden collapse into illness is in any way imminent or inevitable ; and it should not be suggested at all if it is felt that it might upset or frighten her . |
| 6 | Without giving her an opportunity to reply , she went on , ‘ As for yourself , I have the most splendid notion ! |
| 7 | Well if you have other applications running the reason is obvious — you are cutting them off in their prime without giving them a chance to save data or clean up any temporary files that they might be using . |
| 8 | He went on to criticize the Holy Office for acting as judge and jury when it condemned theologians without giving them an opportunity to know what they were accused of , or of responding . |
| 9 | This implication will be made upon the basis that Parliament is not to be presumed to take away parties ' rights without giving them an opportunity of being heard in their interest . |
| 10 | People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic . |
| 11 | She had given him no opportunity to indicate that there was an old friend with him — not that there was , at that point , but there might have been , and if there had been , it was hardly his fault if Alexandra had chosen to come knocking on the door without giving him a chance to explain — and then getting stroppy when she found someone had got there before her . |
| 12 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
| 13 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
| 14 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
| 15 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 16 | Without giving me a chance to explain you 've decided that not only am I guilty , but I 'm a moron as well . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Why should you dare to refuse me without giving me a reason ? ’ he countered . |
| 18 | This is that , in my view , if a decision-making body is to exercise powers such as those of serving an intervention notice without giving anybody the opportunity to make representations beforehand , its procedures should provide that those who might otherwise expect to have been allowed to make representations should at least be allowed to make immediate application to set the decision aside and to appeal against it . |
| 19 | He 'd ask you what club it was without giving you a clue what he was thinking . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |
| 21 | Life was joyful at Cloncarrig and Tom , red-haired and ruddy-faced , presided over the dissipation of his fortune without giving it a thought . |
| 22 | She glanced at the automatic camera attached to her wrist ; all this time she had been clutching it without giving it a thought . |
| 23 | Without giving it a full review , an overview is in order . |