Example sentences of "[noun pl] giving [pron] " in BNC.

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1 OPENING up your excellent Have a Rattle page , it continually sickens me to see so-called Glentoran supporters giving their manager the verbals in the press .
2 She cast a swift , assessing look over Shannon , her eyes giving nothing away .
3 Oddly , if the P M risks giving him one in the next reshuffle , it might be a sign that his own confidence is returning .
4 Bangkok is well supplied with ‘ shooting galleries ’ where pushers go down lines of addicts giving them all a fix with the same needle .
5 Tolonen was getting to his feet , one of the guards giving him a hand .
6 He may also have obtained from Popes Leo III and Paschal I privileges giving him control of all the monasteries he had acquired .
7 ‘ They 've got it up the stairs and through the front door , ’ he told them , the practical words giving nothing away about his mood .
8 Now , I do n't want their niggers giving our niggers any funny ideas . ’
9 Thankfully the recent revival has generated a new enthusiasm for the use of LM potencies giving us a feeling that , at last , their time has come .
10 For maximum volume and root lift , turn your head upside down — the special ‘ fingers ’ inside the cup will help life and separate curls giving them a fuller look .
11 Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance .
12 NEARLY half of parents giving their children vitamin pills are unaware of overdosing dangers .
13 Thus far I have , in the main , been looking at the problem in the context of a conflict between parents and the minor , either the minor consenting and the parents refusing consent or the minor refusing consent and the parents giving it .
14 Are the promoters giving their view after consulting the NRA , or are they giving the NRA 's view ?
15 Daily newspapers were far more aware of how society was changing and in 1929 London 's Daily Express invited its readers to send in postcards giving their own views on films .
16 You 're paying them starvation wages , and someone else therefore is keeping them alive , might be their husbands , it might be the state giving them charity , it might be the state giving them pensions or unemployment benefits , it might be charities giving them clothes and food just to keep them alive , and that that 's immoral .
17 At a real start , there will be lots of other boats giving you dirty wind and undoubtedly , you will not be able to sail as fast as you would on your own .
18 Back on the country roads there was more time to play with the switches , and wonder how we might stop the heated seats giving us sticky shirts ( no luck , though Swedish efficiency doubtless means that this was our fault ) .
19 We wondered how we might stop the heated seats giving us sticky shirts .
20 Unless the new land is farmed by well-trained black farmers , and unless they have ownership rights giving them incentives to invest , this may happen again .
21 He was the only Ryan to wear glasses , which he was forever pushing higher on his nose , the thick lenses giving him an owlish appearance .
22 So much so , that practices of any size will usually need to recruit their own in-house accountants , not infrequently in larger firms giving them partner status as " directors of finance " or similarly impressive titles .
23 He smiled benignly at Matthew , his quiff of white hair and heavy black-framed glasses giving him the air of a learned cockatoo .
24 It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it .
25 Oxford had a four goal mountain to climb against Tranmere after losing 5-1 in the first leg … what was improbable looked impossible by half-time with Rovers Kenny Irons giving his team a one goal lead …
26 erm Your comment on wards , I think this is a way of the officers giving us something to work on and take a decision on .
27 Stress management in this respect is a matter of good management : not least , of managers giving themselves and their staff a clear , forward-looking idea of their role and how well they are fulfilling it .
28 Stress is caused not only by chemical imperfections , but by ponds that are too shallow to give the Koi a sense of security ; or by excessive netting out and handling ( paradoxically , by over-anxious owners giving them the once over ) .
29 One of the best features of modern gas cooking is convenience , so the ‘ Heatflo ’ oven of the Leisure 220 offers a choice of five shelf positions giving you the flexibility of cooking several different dishes simultaneously .
30 She formed a instinctive rapport with many patients , her efforts giving her a real sense of achievement .
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