Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He resented the implied criticism , and defended himself by saying he merely gave her a book which he happened to have with him , rather than one he felt suitable for such a person . |
| 2 | I just gave her a bit of a hand and these sort of questions where they 've got so many alternatives answers to fill the spaces |
| 3 | I just gave her a lift to the Fair . ’ |
| 4 | Never off duty for a moment , he took her into his training school and soon gave her a booking in his spectacular , Jack and Jill . |
| 5 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |
| 6 | And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain : |
| 7 | He still owed her a fiver more than he had on him , she complained . |
| 8 | He still thought her a traitor . |
| 9 | I still sent her a Christmas card each year , for old times sake . |
| 10 | And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap . |
| 11 | She felt all right coming down when Sue and the children were there , or when the kitchen was empty , although the suddenly-abandoned look of the room always gave her a shock . |
| 12 | Hank , when Mrs Stych thought of him at all , always gave her a headache . |
| 13 | She sometimes wondered if he ever gave her a thought between departing from Taipei early on Monday mornings and his Friday evening returns . |
| 14 | She wondered how he saw her — that was , if he ever gave her a thought , apart from in her official capacity . |
| 15 | He also made her a piece of toast . |
| 16 | Her experience during rehearsal for her first Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium in November 1988 also taught her a lesson . |
| 17 | It also took her a step nearer to Douglas Fairbanks , a former student of a mining school who had strong views of his own on how the movies should depict American society . |
| 18 | She also gave her a basket , to be like Red Riding Hood in the story . |
| 19 | Her fellow workers also gave her a retiral dinner at a Renfrew restaurant and a gold chain as a memento . |
| 20 | She also gave her a sense of family background . |
| 21 | Scott-Scobie also gave her a look , then past her at George . |
| 22 | Because he could think of nothing to say to her in reply , Gaily bought her a drink and left . |
| 23 | The Abbey National was the first society to allow borrowers to see valuations and duly sent her a copy . |
| 24 | Now what would have happened if her broker came to this convention and heard about their disease , and two years ago sold her a disease policy , that would have given her two hundred thousand pounds , on the diagnosis of the disease . |
| 25 | Encouraged by this response , Mr Bumble immediately gave her a kiss , but at this interesting moment there was a sudden knock at the door . |
| 26 | Her mother proudly showed her a room which was all for herself , with a pretty bed made up with white sheets and two pillows . |
| 27 | He set it down on one of the small tables , then handed her a paper napkin , a spoon and a fork before giving her one of the bowls . |
| 28 | Then offered her a bunch of grapes and told her to sit down . |
| 29 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 30 | He mentally called her a child to avoid admitting that she was very much a woman . |