Example sentences of "[v-ing] to give [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like people refusing to give you a lift ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 2 | He looked at her now , sitting there like a bird with a broken wing , and was torn between wanting to give her a hug and a kiss , as he would with Anna when she 'd fallen and hurt her knee , and a rather more powerful instinct for self-preservation that urged him to climb into the airing cupboard and pull the door shut after him . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's waiting to give her a breathalyser if she comes round , ’ I said under my breath . |
| 4 | In two days we reached Tezpur , and again found kind ladies from the tea estates waiting to give us a meal and a bath — bliss indeed ! |
| 5 | So that when we have the thing that he calls an annual review and I call a pain in the neck , I do n't actually have to put in very much work to come up with the fact that no , I 'm not going to give him a salary increase , erm , because I have his , his performance , you know , already researched throughout the year . |
| 6 | George 's mother 's going to give him a bottle of coltsfoot linctus for that cough of yours . |
| 7 | When his father had died twelve months ago and his grandmother had made it clear she was n't going to give him a home , he 'd wondered what would happen to him . |
| 8 | They 're going to give him a gold watch . |
| 9 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 10 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 11 | But Corden , mindful that in football a firm show of boardroom backing so often heralds managerial upheaval , said : ‘ I 'm not going to give him a vote of confidence ! ’ |
| 12 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |
| 13 | ‘ Any damages are not going to give her a holiday in the Caribbean . ’ |
| 14 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , are n't you going to give me a clue as to what 's going on in your mind ? ’ she went on . |
| 16 | ‘ And when , ’ demanded the Countess of Donnington of her daughter , ‘ are you going to give me a date ? |
| 17 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 18 | Telling me he 's going to give me a lot of money ! |
| 19 | and then we 're just waiting with Western House , I 'm going to give them a buzz about one o'clock and ask them what the hell they 're playing at ! |
| 20 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 21 | He slid off the stool and Frear said , ‘ Are n't you going to give us a tune ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Oakley tells me that you 're going to give us a hand . |
| 23 | But does this mean that our friends from Dixieland — the Intelligence Service lived south of the river ‘ — are going to give us a hint of what they 're up to these days ? ’ |
| 24 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 25 | And then , we hope we 're going to give you a laugh |
| 26 | I 'm just going to give you a couple of things that you can use for each of these phases , and when you get used to them , you can really spread out and do all sorts of other exciting things . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to give you a course of antibiotics , Mr Lane — you 've got quite a nasty ear infection there . |
| 28 | Sarah I 'm going to give you I 'm going to give you a company call how we feel marketing . |
| 29 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 30 | A fine , grand lady who 's going to give you a talk all about people what are worse off than you are , so you 'll learn to count your blessings . ’ |