Example sentences of "find [pron] giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth found herself giving him a shove as he jumped for the top of the gate . |
| 2 | Nevertheless she found herself giving the details of her history to a woman over the telephone who fortunately spoke English , along , she was told , with five other languages . |
| 3 | That afternoon , when she found him giving Huw Pritchard a boxing-lesson , she caught a glimpse of the old Connor — the man she loved , the man she had married . |
| 4 | When I registered her death I was surprised to find myself giving this as her trade , because learned history implies that only the traditional ones — tailoring , weaving , joining , welding — are real . |
| 5 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 6 | ‘ Widow Or Bust ’ is generally good crack and I found myself giving way to a bit of foot tapping from time to time . |
| 7 | He even finds himself giving out gardening advice to local radio operators from his car . |
| 8 | So we have a story that may or may not be a story ( it had already appeared in The People back in January , when it raised few eyebrows ) , and a news reporter who suddenly finds himself giving press conferences rather than attending them . |
| 9 | She watches her values slowly being eroded , and she describes the process of moral degradation in terms of language : ‘ You find yourself giving in on little things , twisting words and meanings , always trying to be one-up on whoever you 're with , and then suddenly you give in on something else , much bigger ’ ( 131–2 ) . |
| 10 | As families find themselves giving more priority to fixed costs , spending on other resources is squeezed further . |