Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] give she " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Robbie found herself wishing her brothers had given her a less striking gift . |
| 2 | It had the glamour that attaches to other people 's privileges ; Barbara did not resent the lack of advantages her own parents had given her , but she wanted those advantages for her own children . |
| 3 | He looked at her and understood why her parents had given her the name . |
| 4 | The large oval locket that had been an eighteenth-birthday present from her aunt , a gold bracelet , a pair of drop earrings and — she breathed a sigh of relief — her mother 's clip were still in the sandalwood box her parents had given her . |
| 5 | She realised that not having spoken to him for ten days had given her a perspective she had not previously had — a perspective on herself as well as him . |
| 6 | She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression . |
| 7 | Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order . |
| 8 | Lori had given her an old-fashioned look . |
| 9 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
| 10 | Her conversations with the villagers as they shelled peanuts or sat around the fire , the interest she took in her pupils and their home backgrounds , her journeys out into the villages on teaching practice or corps activities had given her an appreciation of how the Africans thought and felt . |
| 11 | Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way . |
| 12 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 13 | Benedicta , Anne , and their companions had given her their affection and trust and she was about to throw it back in their faces . |