Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] giving [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice lowered to soft sensuality and the warm attention his eyes were giving her warned her . |
| 2 | By the time the pub had filled enough so that the punters were giving me dirty looks for taking up so much room , I felt I had discovered enough to put two and two together and make five if not six . |
| 3 | came across dry ginger one of my school girlfriends was giving me a recipe , which , for which one er fo for erm ginger beer |
| 4 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 5 | And er , the doctors were giving me them tablets . |
| 6 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 7 | The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list . |
| 8 | Too often I was asked to bowl defensively , brought into the attack to stop the flood of runs when batsmen were giving us a caning . |
| 9 | And like half way through it they said ehm , they 've giving somebody the wrong prize money or something , they 've giving somebody fifty pounds , they should off giving it to this other coloured women right , and apparently this women was giving it all wow man yeah man , and all this you , you know they give it to them in the end and then she won the twelve hundred pounds . |