Example sentences of "[be] [pron] give [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you giving me the sack ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Sometimes I think that 's what gave me the strength to deal with all that 's happened to me since , ’ she says . |
| 4 | That 's what gave me the idea . ’ |
| 5 | That 's what gives them the power . |
| 6 | And that 's what gives you the pain right at the front . |
| 7 | I closed the gap , but he had gained at the start and that is what gave him the advantage at the finish . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That was what gave me the due . |