Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect this , like compulsory religious education , gave me a lifelong scepticism about obligatory elements in any curriculum . |
| 2 | It was , I think , my first real understanding of what being spoiled meant , in more than one way , and it gave me a lifelong horror of over-dressing which , having just glanced through the photo-albums in search of an illustrative self-portrait , I seem to have conquered only too well . |
| 3 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 4 | Mrs Webster was very understanding about my wanting to team up with Wendy , which was how I put it to her ; and when I left she gave me a Victorian glass inkwell and a brown ironstone plate , because I ‘ liked old things ’ . |
| 5 | ’ He gave me a sly leer . |
| 6 | They gave me a black-and-white one . |
| 7 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
| 8 | He gave me a strange look . |
| 9 | You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition . |
| 10 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 11 | As the lift stopped at our floor Ira Dilworth gave me a dark look , admonishing my temerity . |
| 12 | ‘ At that Mr Nicholas slapped my face hard then gave me a solid punch to the jaw . ’ |
| 13 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 14 | She gave me a weak smile and said : ‘ I might as well go to bed . |
| 15 | She gave me a weak smile and a fluttery little wave . |
| 16 | ‘ I was always in a position of setting a precedent , which gave me a definite advantage . |
| 17 | Oh very much so , yes new devotion , size , erm , it , it in one or two of these erm they gave me a definite feel and to a , to a , it new I was trying to write |
| 18 | And being indeed penniless gave me a curious and delightful feeling of freedom . |
| 19 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 20 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 21 | His wife gave me a rough idea of what their insurance situation was . |
| 22 | When she saw me , she gave me a haughty stare and carried on meowing . |
| 23 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
| 25 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 26 | And he took me home , er he gave me a good talking to , and tell me dad , cos me , I nearly , I got a good hiding , was going to get a good hiding from me dad , until this policeman says , do n't worry , he says er , you wo n't hear anything about it . |
| 27 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 28 | That gave me a good idea actually . |
| 29 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
| 30 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |