Example sentences of "he gave me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me no satisfactory answer , saying only that The Times was set to make this disclosure in an article by a woman journalist the following day . |
| 2 | He gave me a quizzical look , then indicated to the left side of the school . |
| 3 | So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me . |
| 4 | He gave me a strange look . |
| 5 | But I did quite well then — he gave me a new watch , the year before a set of matching underwear . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 8 | When our eyes met he gave me a frigid little smile . |
| 9 | He said what a waste of bloody time and then he gave me a five-pound note . " |
| 10 | He gave me a welcoming grin and an ironic bow to acknowledge the exalted company I was keeping , then he ushered the senator on to the starboard wing and so into the aeroplane . |
| 11 | HYWEL DAVIES ( Ghofar ) : ‘ He gave me a super ride but did n't quite get the trip . |
| 12 | And right , he made me heart jump , 'cos he looked just like your dad , and then a few days later , he 's in garage again , and Johnny come in and he said , God he said , he gave me a flaming heart attack out there . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 15 | When I was foolish enough to laugh at a preposterous and provocative statement made by Mr Dinsdale — who had surely modelled himself on Dickens 's character Mr Bounderby — he gave me a withering look and asked sarcastically : ‘ Is this a reason to laugh ? ’ |
| 16 | He gave me a final incredulous look before quickening his steps to the head of the column . |
| 17 | He gave me a friendly smile . |
| 18 | So when I ran breathless into the kitchen , he gave me a friendly warning . |
| 19 | He gave me a stricken glance . |
| 20 | ’ He gave me a sly leer . |
| 21 | MARTIN LYNCH ( Cool Ground ) : ‘ Basically he gave me a great ride . |
| 22 | He gave me a great long lecture on what homosexuals do . |
| 23 | He gave me a long look . |
| 24 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 25 | He gave me a small , badly-stapled leaflet about The Courtney Foundation . |
| 26 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 27 | He gave me a self-conscious grin and then yelped as someone thumped him in the back . |
| 28 | He gave me a swift look . |
| 29 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 30 | He gave me a flamboyant salute . |