Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew back and gave her a smile that made her blood thicken . |
| 2 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 3 | He stood up when she came in and gave her a big friendly smile . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd all but given you up , Father , ’ said Owen eagerly , holding his stirrup for him while Adam took the bridle . |
| 5 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 6 | They came out and gave him paracetemol and painkillers . |
| 7 | Outlaws sometimes came by and gave him food and drink . |
| 8 | A bloke came round and gave it all me . |
| 9 | Later , both sloppy drunk , he climbed on and gave it to her and just before he came she put a finger up his asshole and it was the strangest sensation he 's ever had . |
| 10 | At this Mum turned round and gave her a dirty look before she moved along with Dad , followed by the rest of us . |
| 11 | She felt her face go hot with embarrassment as he straightened up and gave her a piercing look that took in everything about her appearance . |
| 12 | I was so surprised to see Ken , so relieved , that I rushed over and gave him a kiss . |
| 13 | If she sprang up and gave him a good shaking , every bit of public sympathy would be on his side . |
| 14 | Mungo walked across and gave it to him . |
| 15 | Startled , she swung round and gave him a lame smile . |
| 16 | Tosh also revealed how once when he was selling a magazine for the homeless at Charing Cross station Diana drew up in her car and a man got out and gave him £5 . |
| 17 | I went up and gave her a kiss and murmured felicitations in her one visible and lobeless ear . |
| 18 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 19 | She went back and gave him a light peck on the cheek . |
| 20 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 21 | Then she half rose from the desk , leaned across and gave me a dead fish handshake , and with a glazed stare directed somewhere over my left shoulder , she rattled out , all in one breath and with no punctuation , ‘ Thankyouverymuchforallyouhavedonegoodbye . ’ |
| 22 | She smiled wanly and gave him a quick sidelong glance . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 24 | They cut , and the actress scrambled up and examined her knees ; a woman from Wardrobe ran up and gave her a change of mack , and bent to apply panstick to her hands where they had been dirtied by the wrecker's-yard floor ; she checked her hose and brushed her hair and the actress shook her head slowly from side to side so that it fluffed . |
| 25 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 26 | And it but the erm the goats apparently were no problem today , they just stayed on and gave them a few bits and pieces you know so that was fair enough . |
| 27 | For the first time she sat down and gave him her whole attention . |
| 28 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 29 | He sat up and gave her a quick smile which she supposed was meant to be reassuring . |
| 30 | Though — ’ he sat back and gave her a grim smile ‘ — I hope he 's not such a fool as to pay over the odds for your services . ’ |