Example sentences of "giving [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So has the parallel progress of women 's education , giving them at least in theory the same job opportunities as men . |
| 2 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |
| 3 | ‘ Here you are then , ’ said the boy , taking the wire-cutters out of his pocket and giving them to Philip . |
| 4 | ‘ I prefer giving them to myself . ’ |
| 5 | Why did Mrs Jenks insist on giving them to him for breakfast ? |
| 6 | Franchises were to be allocated on both channels by auction , giving them to whoever would pay the government the highest fee , subject to an abstract ‘ quality threshold ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't stand it — I 'm taking them — I 'm giving them to the dogs … . ’ |
| 8 | What about giving them to charity ? |
| 9 | You got about five of them went round giving them to other people just so you could say that to Chris did n't you ? |
| 10 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 11 | It would be possible instead to preserve the relationship between the financial institutions and the personal sector savers but to alter substantially the deployment of funds by obliging the institutions to contribute to a national investment bank , giving them in return bonds with a rate of return linked to the real growth rate of the economy . |
| 12 | The Royal Year and Christmas numbers of the ILN have always been successful extra issues each year , and they will henceforth both be sent to subscribers , giving them in total six issues of the ILN each year . |
| 13 | Well they 've started giving them in schools , you 've got your tab you 're y aim , it 's like in that piece of card with one one to ten on |
| 14 | Horses can not store electrolytes , so giving them before a event will not be beneficial . |
| 15 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
| 16 | Add these to two that we are giving you for free — T and U — and rearrange them into a familiar three-word phrase . |
| 17 | It 's all I 'm giving you for the moment : I seem to be embarrassing my client . |
| 18 | What seems to be missing from the analysis is some measure of how much the savings plan is actually giving you over and above your initial hard earned cash . |
| 19 | The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference . |
| 20 | David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time . |
| 21 | The consultative task was to keep the focus of discussion on the pupil , but simultaneously to deal with the teacher 's perception of the problem ( the reinforcing effect it was having on both pupil and teacher ) by giving him through group support the kind of liberating learning experience which he could transfer into the teaching context with Dave |
| 22 | ‘ Honour , ’ repeated Kit , a smile dancing mischievously in the corner of his lips , giving him for a moment the look of a sprite , a red-gold Puck no stranger to mischief . |
| 23 | On Aug. 24 , the prosecution granted Zhivkov 's request for more time , giving him until Sept. 11 to prepare his defence in connection with charges of alleged racial discrimination and incitement to racial hatred against Bulgaria 's ethnic Turks . |
| 24 | Tonight she was to chair the meeting , so she left the front door unlocked for any late-comers , and , having seated the nervous little reporter from the Advent in a position where she could see and hear all the ladies present , giving her at the same time a hastily written list of the names of those expected to attend , she called the meeting to order . |
| 25 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 26 | Three days ago she had refused her final chance of giving it for love . |
| 27 | We 're giving it for six months . |
| 28 | I 'm not giving it to you out of charity , I 'm giving it as a present to my son . |
| 29 | Normally we heat it first and add biscuit so that the dogs have a warm , mixed meal , but tonight Odd-Knut is considering giving it to them frozen to save time . |
| 30 | Vic asked , retrieving the egg from his duffel coat pocket and giving it to Mungo . |