Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 2 | But if you imagine when you were about this high and someone gives you a ball to kick and you you fall over and you , Right I 'm not trying that again . |
| 3 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 4 | I find it unpleasant and it gives me an allergy so I 'd rather you did n't from my point of view . |
| 5 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 6 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 7 | He was utterly amiable and without vice and he gave off a constant aura not merely of noxious vapours but of bonhomie . |
| 8 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 9 | His mouth hardened and he gave a laugh . |
| 10 | It is black and gleaming and it gives his wife Meriel the willies . |
| 11 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 12 | I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’ |
| 13 | Er the butty paid you , you see , out of his tin , what he thought fit and he gave me ten shillings for the first one I done , first day I done , and I told me Dad when I got home , he says , Ten shillings ? |
| 14 | Once he is distracted , I push on hard and he gives up the game . |
| 15 | I felt ill and someone gave me some DFs and I felt better . |
| 16 | His eyes were black and expressionless and he gave her no more than one probing glance before turning away . |
| 17 | Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina 's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's funny , I 've spent most of my life thinking of advertising as a sort of dirty business , but in fact the same mechanisms work : you get input from someone , you get inspired and you give back . |
| 19 | Changes in media personnel are fairly frequent and nothing gives a worse impression of the PR executive the continual receipt of material with a predecessor 's name or even their predecessor 's predecessor 's name on it . |
| 20 | Rhyme , measure , and the turning of verses , which is indispensable and which gives them so much vigour , are analogous to the hidden symmetry , to the equilibrium at once wise and inspired , which governs the meeting or separation of lines and spaces , the echoes of color , etc. ’ poetic painting was Delacroix 's preference , but ‘ David 's picture of Leonidas at Thermopolae is masculine and vigorous prose , I admit ’ . |
| 21 | It is very continental and it gives a great feel to the place . |
| 22 | I said that 's he went to this party and he he was like really hard and he was really drunk and he gave Scott , Noel and Ian a love bite like for a joke ! |
| 23 | Her eyes drifted shut and she gave herself up to the kiss 's magic , her own lips even more gentle and tentative than his . |
| 24 | You drive , you do the walking and you give me and Chris the prize when you 've won . |
| 25 | But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury . |
| 26 | The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’ |
| 28 | They wriggle , they 're slimey and they give some people the creeps . |
| 29 | Now the couple had expected it was dead and we gave them false hope . |