Example sentences of "giving [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed this up by giving everyone a present . |
| 2 | Tea and biscuits end the afternoon session giving everyone a chance to rest . |
| 3 | It was giving everyone a lot of pleasure . |
| 4 | They do have considerable advantages though , and it 's worth giving them a try to see if they suit you . |
| 5 | Six satin-cloaked figures in white porcelain masks arranged themselves artistically against the façade of a shop selling Murano glass , the blank stares and the perfectly carved mouths giving them a look of unreality . |
| 6 | A Sword Master always seeks to master new killing blows and different individuals perfect their own personal sword strokes , giving them a style of fighting as distinctive as a signature . |
| 7 | Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in policies and decisions affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health |
| 8 | Indeed , the Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in decisions and policies affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health . |
| 9 | The argument about the establishment of sections was about industrial identity and it was also about widening the democracy within the organization , bringing in more activists , giving them a say in their own conditions of service and in the strategic issues affecting their industry . |
| 10 | In the vast majority of cases this means giving them a mum and dad . |
| 11 | But at the moment , you feel as if they 're getting patted on the head and it 's giving them a push down the wrong way . |
| 12 | And giving them a smile of absolute sweetness , he left . |
| 13 | The SDLP vote also held up at 21.9pc , a slight increase on the 1989 figure , giving them a tally of 127 seats . |
| 14 | I recently asked Lord King of British Airways about his decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines — not only that , but the fact that he was giving them a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 15 | That did n't stop the enthusiastic chaps from giving them a sneak preview of three tracks hot off the tapes , so to speak . |
| 16 | It 's not desperately moist , although certainly one of them is cracking quite a bit , and if that helps to dry it up and make it more comfortable then it 's worth giving them a soak ten minutes a day . |
| 17 | And you can only do that by giving them a sense of direction . ’ |
| 18 | Well I think some interesting work has been done in Israel erm , a woman called Dr. Ophraelin erm and she runs a stress prevention centre where she 's working right out in the community , which is something , you know , I particularly am interested in , erm empowering people , empowering parents , helping them to recognize their skills , erm just giving them a sense of their own self worth . |
| 19 | Never keep callers waiting while you look for information or try to transfer them , etc. , without explaining what you are doing and giving them a chance to call back if they are in a hurry or if they are calling long-distance . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) has some interesting ways of looking at the problem , but he did not look at the fact that there are proven ways of taking young people who have committed offences and giving them a chance to confront their criminality . |
| 22 | We 're giving them a chance to show us what they can do . ’ |
| 23 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 24 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 25 | It was absolutely no good just giving them a sketch and expecting them to expand on it using their own initiative . |
| 26 | The course for staff also included input from the Department of Management Studies , giving them a management skills , as well as a personal development , focus . |
| 27 | The action was called after a row between ambulance staff and Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the Health Minister of State , at her South-west Surrey constituency last Friday over her refusal to recognise ambulance workers as the third arm of the emergency services giving them a pay formula automatically tied to the police and fire fighters . |
| 28 | grading , instead of giving them a pay rise they get |
| 29 | Former Northern champion Degnan is taking kids off the streets and giving them a dream to fight for . |
| 30 | Modern technology has seen to that , giving them a machine to make their early morning tea and even an electronic handset to save them having to get out of their chairs in the evening to change the television channel . |