Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a common experience in reading that you read something , then try to write about it ; writing about it gives you new ideas , and so when you read the original again you find new things in it because of the new ideas you have brought to it . |
| 2 | When he saw that , he called out , " My friend , have you seen El-ahrairah , for I am looking for him to give him my gift ? " |
| 3 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 4 | But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think . |
| 5 | Looking after her gives me something to do . ’ |
| 6 | Many of them received just over Christmas and parents and schools are looking to us to give them help er in providing for what is a very rapidly moving situation . |
| 7 | It was still there , though , and looking at it gave him a shock . |
| 8 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 9 | He watched me intently , eyes narrowed against the sun which struck into this side of the courtyard , waiting for me to give a reasonable answer , which was foolish of him . |
| 10 | Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders . |
| 11 | Moods , bad moods and going to I gave my husband a terrible time ! |
| 12 | Like Paris himself , Ryder was deciding to whom to give the apple . |
| 13 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been finding that normally I can get up early in the morning , give Heather a ring or if she 's staying with me give her a shout , you know for her work . |
| 15 | I 'm counting on you to give me children , and I wo n't have a slur on their legitimacy . ’ |
| 16 | More than one in 10 are now on the dole but the green shoots of recovery are showing through which gave a welcome boost to prices . |
| 17 | Er the home office really did n't know what they were talking about they gave these two models of the unpaid volunteer er no uniform , no training , no powers , to come out from the community work with the community under the eyes and ears of the police . |
| 18 | There is a recurrent fallacy that building societies are ‘ falling over themselves to give away money ’ . |
| 19 | And what 's that sitting on my give me a hand for my bed you know . |
| 20 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 21 | Yeah , right , and then erm , Kent or one of them is talking to you giving them your address , an no , giving them their address . |
| 22 | Only do n't wax sentimental over their hospitality , just thinking of it gives me indigestion . |
| 23 | I thought that his appearance meant he had really been suffering very much , longing for me to give up my work , and had only refrained from asking me to do so out of respect for my ‘ rights ’ . |