Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [verb] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you giving me the sack ? ’ |
| 2 | Why are we offering you the chance of such a fantastic windfall ? |
| 3 | Why are we offering you the chance of such a fantastic windfall ? |
| 4 | Thing is I bet you the spikes that goes exactly next door to him I 'll paint yellow . |
| 5 | Is he telling them the way to get to our house , to get to our house ? |
| 6 | that 's what gave them the sort of , the idea to set it up but I mean Aston is good because now we 're n now we 're not |
| 7 | That 's what gave me the idea . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes I think that 's what gave me the strength to deal with all that 's happened to me since , ’ she says . |
| 9 | That 's what gives them the power . |
| 10 | And that 's what gives you the pain right at the front . |
| 11 | We might suggest that in conceiving the rule for + 2 , we somehow already conceived all the instances , and this is what makes it the case that the ‘ correct ’ interpretation is correct . |
| 12 | I closed the gap , but he had gained at the start and that is what gave him the advantage at the finish . |
| 13 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 14 | ‘ Was she wearing it the day you were kidnapped ? ’ |
| 15 | Was he telling her the truth ? |
| 16 | Or , on second thoughts , knowing that she could probably hear their conversation , was he sending her the message to disregard any idea that his kisses might have had meaning behind them ? |
| 17 | That was what gave me the due . |