Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you start to talk about me giving up and coming home with you , it ends right there . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They were very sniffy about me giving my address as this hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 4 | After all the fuss you made about my giving you roses , should n't you put them in water first ? ’ |
| 5 | But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year . |
| 6 | Police estimate that a large proportion of these crimes are a direct result of someone giving the criminal an open invitation — leaving a door unlocked or a window open . |
| 7 | There is no question of my giving way — The Motion having been made after Ten o'clock and the debate having continued for half an hour , Mr. Speaker — adjourned the House without Question put , pursuant to the Standing Order . |
| 8 | 2 If a future Parliament is " hung " with the centre parties holding the balance of power between Conservative and Labour then the Liberals and Social Democrats have made it clear that the price of their giving support to any minority government would be a binding agreement to introduce proportional representation . |
| 9 | Erm was there any w part of it of the strike organized in the sense of you giving moral support within the lodge to people who were obviously wavering ? |
| 10 | Any chance of you giving us another five units of something . |
| 11 | Without stopping , lift your partner 's head several centimetres from the floor or table and pull from the base of the skull towards you giving the neck a good stretch . |
| 12 | As the result an adult doe , adult at only six months old , produces a litter within four weeks of conception and the reproductive process begins again within three days of her giving birth . |
| 13 | She would show him that there was no chance of her giving way to a fine lady 's vapours ! |
| 14 | The prospect of his giving a dinner party for the Bishop of Medewich and the Earl of Medewich and Markham afforded him a very straightforward pleasure . |
| 15 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 16 | I think a lot of the big trouble which was to happen started with me giving Changez Harold Robbins to read , because it stimulated Changez in a way that Conan Doyle never did . |
| 17 | She was crying and meaning in the wind , sir , up there on her owny-oh with nobody giving a blue damn about her . |
| 18 | Each entry should include ten news stories or features , three of which should be 350 words or more with one giving a pupils ' view of what the next government 's policies should be . |
| 19 | Every time it would end up with him giving me some money . |
| 20 | There 's no point in me giving you type A when type B's better for you . |
| 21 | The latter could always turn round — and indeed did turn round — and say ‘ Sorry , love , I do n't mind working on them , but there does n't seem a lot of point in my giving up my free evenings when the star is unwilling to do the same . ’ |
| 22 | To date parishioners have been extremely generous in their giving and the scheme has proved a great success . |
| 23 | The physical expression of female sexuality is her monthly period and its triumph lies in her giving birth . |
| 24 | But there was no sense in her giving it to me in full view of everyone . |
| 25 | " Please play a tune on your concertina for me , Mrs Kelleher , she invited , the ascendancy in her giving kind encouragement to the Peasant . |
| 26 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
| 27 | A bank will usually be willing to send deeds to you upon your giving its undertaking on its standard forms . |
| 28 | Just think for a moment of the way love is expressed in our giving . |
| 29 | If the owner could write to me giving details of the camera case , I will gladly return it to him ( her ) . |
| 30 | Apart from how kind he is to me giving me something so easy . |