Example sentences of "[prep] giving you [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After giving you the brush-off , as you thought , and then bellowing and being so bloody judgemental at the time Simon crashed , I had n't come over as either sensitive or supportive . |
| 2 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 3 | I want you , but I have no intention of giving you a plain gold ring or any other ring that could be held against me as a pledge . |
| 4 | Well I , I thought of perhaps , you know , of giving you a lift somewhere . |
| 5 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 6 | It is a painless way to travel with the unrivalled advantage of giving you an extra day 's skiing at each end of a week 's holiday . |
| 7 | ‘ So that you can overpower Jimmy , or talk him into giving you a gun back ? |
| 8 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 9 | So it 's unusual and I get told off for giving you a choice but what do you think ? |
| 10 | Sorry for giving you a hard time there . |
| 11 | ‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here . |
| 12 | They do have other uses of course , such as giving you an early , audible warning of a bite you have not yet seen , and allow you to attend to other things like pouring a cup of coffee and watering the horse , without the risk of missing a bite . |
| 13 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 14 | Madam Deputy Speaker I was gon na give a very illustrative example of what I 'm talking about but perhaps I will allow the house to have that example on another occasion because I actually would prefer not to be er er er prevented from giving you the most vivid story of what I 'm talking about . |
| 15 | He 'd ask you what club it was without giving you a clue what he was thinking . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |
| 17 | And I shall look forward to giving you a good report when you next visit us in a ’ — she paused — ‘ fortnight 's time . |
| 18 | But he is also an American and before he guns you down in cold blood , in the manner you so justly deserve I might add , I 'm sure he will see his way clear to giving you a dying request . ’ |
| 19 | you know , I would have come over here and come and play at giving you a beating or something like that . |
| 20 | ‘ If the constable is coming anyway what have I to lose by giving you a good pasting and throwing the boots in the canal ? ’ |
| 21 | Reldresal spoke again , to suggest saving money by giving you a little less food every day . |
| 22 | So I make no apologies for beginning this book in the way that a conjurer might , by giving you an apparently free choice from the pack while in fact forcing on you the particular card that I want you to take . |
| 23 | D' you blame your father for making you soft by giving you an allowance ? |