Example sentences of "[pron] gave [pers pn] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them their full due , repeating all that my sister-in-law had said , and told them that I would hear from my brother himself that evening , then paid for my groceries and made my escape . |
| 2 | I gave him my full smile . |
| 3 | " I gave him our new address at once . |
| 4 | So if we g let's say if I gave you something top integrate . |
| 5 | I gave you my new one you know the yellow one . |
| 6 | I gave you my real baptismal name , which is Bridget . ’ |
| 7 | Two years earlier , Vlitos had persuaded T&L to investigate artificial sweeteners , and to spend £250,000 collecting katemfe berries grown in Ghana to extract the protein which gave them their intense sweetness . |
| 8 | Firstly to our Current Master Fellow , , who gave me my initial tuition in embalming , but more than that has acted as a mentor throughout my career , for that I am forever grateful . |
| 9 | And she gave him her stupid listen-to-me laugh . |
| 10 | In spite of the anxiety she had recently undergone , she was the picture of health , and Roger 's heart warmed — as everyone 's did — when she gave him her radiant smile . |
| 11 | She gave him her cool cheek to kiss . |
| 12 | She gave him her infuriating Wise Woman smile , picked up her bags and went . |
| 13 | It was his only comment after an hour 's play , and she gave him her flashing smile , remarking , ‘ Dare all , ’ Papa used to say , ‘ and the game will reward you — always provided that you cover your back . ’ ’ |
| 14 | She went on a school trip to a museum and we gave her our little camera which I could never use . |
| 15 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 16 | He gave her his golden ferocious grin . |
| 17 | He gave her his normal rather contained smile . |
| 18 | He gave her his maddening smile and when he replied he aped Barbara Coleman 's speech . |
| 19 | He gave her his lopsided grin . |
| 20 | ‘ I may be overset , ’ he said , his voice and manner that of the daylight man again , ‘ but I am still quite capable , ’ and he gave her his charming smile . |
| 21 | Later that night , drinking champagne at the first night party , he gave me his usual disclaimers ; how it was all an illusion , everything was an illusion , all life was an illusion , and how he , Sir Tom , was the master of illusion , but how his dear children were real because they alone could not be spawned from the imagination . |
| 22 | Legend has it that the mandarin was so grateful to Earl Grey for services rendered that he gave him his secret tea recipe , to keep mind , body and spirit together in perfect harmony . |
| 23 | And when the blackbird came , he gave him his beautiful song , and when the cow came , he gave her sharp horns and the strength to be afraid of no other creature . |
| 24 | After he gave up the booze at Christmas 1977 — for good - he gave us his splendid Brian which is as clever and well-judged a piece of comic acting as you 'll see . |
| 25 | It really went to show that God was good ; when you 'd paid for the things you did and you were really sorry , He gave you something good to make it up to you . |
| 26 | That was what gave him his undoubted power in politics , and his loose organisation called the " Left is Right Group " — kept carefully informal so that it could not be proscribed by any of the major parties — commanded the allegiance of a handful of M.P . |
| 27 | It was not a very good French side , but they showed many of the basic national virtues and that was what gave them their narrow victory . |
| 28 | He 's certainly saying I find a pattern here because he 's using it , as his pattern to understand and I only just said at the beginning what the , makes the Jews Jewish , what gave them their national character and their , their ethnic identity . |