Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , there 's something given , that entitles feedback I was giving you then , some people referred to it as this . |
| 2 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 3 | ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’ |
| 4 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 5 | Feverishly her hands fumbled with the waistband of his trousers , desperate to give him the pleasure he was giving her . |
| 6 | I find it impossible to begin to think about the phenomena which are giving you anxiety and which , I assure you , are giving me anxiety , without some elementary attempt to classify those phenomena . |
| 7 | But the smallest party on the council managed a creditible second in the general election which is giving them hope , especially with the spectre of the poll tax still hanging over the district |
| 8 | I do n't deserve the help you 're giving me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No wonder they were giving me funny looks ! ’ |
| 10 | And , correctly interpreting his expression , she added forcefully , ‘ And if that look you 're giving me means what I think it means — it does n't ! |
| 11 | I think the time has probably passed now , all the schools have got their own budgets , they 've got their own builders who are giving them a good service , and I doubt whether this is the time to resurrect that , especially with local government review not far off , and the future of a county-wide D S O in some doubt , when it comes to local government review . |
| 12 | But because it is a writer who is giving us this , and a writer at the beginning of his career , what more natural than that we should see him as writing his way out of all this , as ‘ getting it out of his system ’ as we say , clearing the ground for work that will enact triumphantly his escape , his liberation , his hope . |
| 13 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 14 | But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish . |
| 15 | Forget about yourself and concentrate on your girlfriend , and try to be aware of the messages she is giving you . |
| 16 | The carers are now due to go to London for a meeting with North West MPs and national charities who are to give them their support . |
| 17 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Of course we 're giving them ! |
| 19 | Another possible version of foundationalism holds that there are some beliefs which are given us as ‘ data ’ , and which are fully justified unless something arises to defeat their justification ( cf. the use of defeasibility in 2.3 ) . |
| 20 | Then what is this nonsense you 're giving me ? ’ |
| 21 | But whatever name they are given they make fascinating aquarium inhabitants . |
| 22 | That stuff they 're giving you would kill a dozen cats . |
| 23 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 24 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 25 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |
| 26 | So her relief at the friendly , bantering tone sent her spirits sky-high , and at first she hardly took in the news he was giving her . |
| 27 | About six months earlier I 'd put my name down on the lists of three housing associations , because I was sick of the council houses they were giving me . |
| 28 | ‘ If that 's my cue you 're giving me dear , ’ she told him in rehearsal , ‘ you 'll really have to speak much louder . ’ |
| 29 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 30 | They were n't hurt or threatened verbally — in fact , apart from the message she was given they were n't spoken to at all . |