Example sentences of "gave [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 2 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 3 | I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’ |
| 4 | I went I said gas shell drop close to me and that that gave me a bit of a right to go an d to the hospital . |
| 5 | But my elbow gave me a bit of concern . |
| 6 | It gave me a bit of support but |
| 7 | They gave me a reference , after all . |
| 8 | ‘ When I was fired at , he missed and that gave me a love of life . ’ |
| 9 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 10 | ‘ I came from a poor family in the countryside and communism gave me a chance for a better life . |
| 11 | Staying with Kathy and Len gave me a chance to find out more about the difficulties . |
| 12 | Any news that gave me a chance to see her again was good news . |
| 13 | Nobody ever gave me a chance . |
| 14 | I did n't know the east coast well , and having to live in London at least gave me a chance to explore its fascinating creeks and swatchways , and those turbulent , shallow waters of the North Sea that have nurtured some of the finest of English seamen . |
| 15 | She was always quiet , which I liked because it gave me a chance to talk without interruption . |
| 16 | ‘ She is n't important , never was important — except that she gave me a chance to get close to you again . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry . |
| 18 | Mercy gave me a chance to stare deep into her limpid brown eyes . |
| 19 | Lisabeth was really into chocolate rushes , and while she fed her face , nuclear war could break out and she would n't pause between nibbles , so this gave me a chance to plan my campaign . |
| 20 | This gave me a chance to check out the spectator balconies which overhang the two long sides of the water . |
| 21 | My third bus dropped me two streets away from home , which gave me a chance to call in at the local florist 's and buy a twenty-quid bouquet on PKB 's Amex card . |
| 22 | When Rangers gave me a chance , I walked through those big gates for the last time and thought to myself — I wo n't be back here , I 'm going to make it . ’ |
| 23 | Yet I did have a row with Arthur Calder-Marshall , so it gave me a pang when I heard that he had died last week . |
| 24 | She said hurriedly , ‘ Oh no , not at all , it 's just that the teapot — the teapot gave me a pang of homesickness , just a pang . |
| 25 | SHE gave me a row when I put on potatoes for her tea . |
| 26 | After more enquiries , a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read . |
| 27 | And there was something in the dusty black of her coat , the half-wild scrawny look of her , that gave me a clue . |
| 28 | I asked what young chap , and he gave me a description which tallies with what Sanders told us : about twenty-five , darkish , slightly built . |
| 29 | He paused , and gave me a flicker of his famous smile . |
| 30 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |