Example sentences of "but she give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has n't , of course , but she gives me the landlord 's name . |
| 2 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 3 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 4 | Folly doubted if she would care what Luke got up to , but she gave her the flowers none the less . |
| 5 | He tried to start things up in a halfhearted sort of way , but she gave him an ultimatum . |
| 6 | Flaubert was distressed and begged for mercy , but she gave him no quarter . ’ |
| 7 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |
| 8 | Before they parted it seemed to Sophia that he was trying to draw Ianthe aside , as if to make an assignation with her , but she gave him so little encouragement , indeed seemed almost to avoid him , that he had to be content with looking forward to the doubtful pleasure of meeting the whole party the next evening after dinner at the Trevi fountain . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're so sorry about what happened to poor old Goosie Lucy but she gave us no choice . |