Example sentences of "gave [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 2 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 3 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 4 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 5 | She gave me a half-smile . |
| 6 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 7 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , this is the real world , ’ I said out loud — too loud actually ; someone gave me a funny look . |
| 9 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 10 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 11 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 12 | After two fumbled attempts Dostoevsky lands with a leap upon ‘ Il faut être prêt , voyez-vous ’ — he gave me a meaningful look — ‘ chague moment — they may come and take me , and phew ! — a man has disappeared ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ His actual presence gave me a shock , ’ said Crossman then , ‘ and I much regret to have to admit finding something barbaric in his violent stage mannerisms . ’ |
| 14 | They all shook hands with me , and the Frenchman gave me a bag containing one dozen eggs before I clambered over the wall and into the orchard . |
| 15 | When he was posted abroad he gave me a copy of ‘ The Way to Healthy Manhood ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 18 | He gave me a fiver . |
| 19 | he gave me a thin smile and shrugged . |
| 20 | He gave me a pityingly look . |
| 21 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 22 | ‘ The sharp blade gave me a close shave in one go , but I also cut myself twice . |
| 23 | Mr McCloy gave me a free hand to go where I chose , bar the two big outhouses . |
| 24 | So that 's what I do — I bring all my plants and the flowers Mr Frost gave me a couple of days ago . |
| 25 | He gave me a whole bunch of flowers for nothing . |
| 26 | That gave me a big shock that did , and after that I used to move away if he came too close to me . |
| 27 | You were right , Bodo , saying to leave the matter alone — although you gave me a turn when you were so … so abrupt with the Sergeant . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 29 | ‘ I was struck by two things — the refusal of battered victims to give in to despair , those who could not speak gave me a thumbs up , and the insistence of sorrowing parents and girlfriends that ‘ we 'll never let them win ’ , ’ he said . |
| 30 | After five years on the dole in Easterhouse , Dr Bob Holman ( the estate 's campaigning community worker ) gave me a job working with him as a neighbourhood worker . |