Example sentences of "[be] [pron] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 they 're insisting on kids , they 're they give them a problem which is a typical level four or five or six or whatever , and because they get that one problem right they say that that kid is a level six
2 ‘ Why are you giving me a present ? ’
3 Are you giving me a month 's supply ?
4 Are you giving me a lift or will I arrange to come over in the office ?
5 Are you giving me the sack ? ’
6 What the we the cake as a wedding present or are you giving her a present besides .
7 Are we we are we walking back or are you giving us a lift ?
8 Are you giving us a rendition ?
9 ‘ That 's me giving him a chance .
10 On the first foundation course that people do in this company , the one thing that I do , is I give them a map of the United Kingdom , and it 's got thirty dots on it .
11 The other point is I gave you an undertaking yesterday to come back to you on the reschedule of the programme in respect of items that have fell of the agenda during the course of the week .
12 Is she giving them a hard time ?
13 Is she giving them a hard time ?
14 And what they do , is they give them a couple of choices of bo , you know , hip joints to go for and the guy decides , the surgeon decides , does his job and then the kit goes back to the manufacturer again and then when the , another hospital orders it they make up a , another kit .
15 Yeah , well what you do is they give you a sheet of paper and th , you write down who was involved in the conversation , so all I 'd say is , is erm Mum
16 The real benefit is it gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning .
17 that 's what gave them the sort of , the idea to set it up but I mean Aston is good because now we 're n now we 're not
18 Sometimes I think that 's what gave me the strength to deal with all that 's happened to me since , ’ she says .
19 That 's what gave me the idea . ’
20 They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name .
21 That 's what gives them the power .
22 And that 's what gives you the pain right at the front .
23 I closed the gap , but he had gained at the start and that is what gave him the advantage at the finish .
24 I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying .
25 We was we give him an aspirin he was alright .
26 That was what gave me the due .
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