Example sentences of "she [vb past] give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She noted the breadth of his shoulders , the long legs and dark good looks , and decided Kate had better taste than she 'd given her credit for . |
| 2 | When , feeling even more foolish , she 'd given her explanation Luce forced herself to look up at him . |
| 3 | But she 'd given her promise , albeit with great reluctance , not to confide the truth to her friend . |
| 4 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 5 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |
| 6 | She had given her kisses to a clown , he wrote , and was much gratified when MacBride turned out to be a drunken bully . |
| 7 | She felt as if she had given her last performance . |
| 8 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 9 | Feeling that she had given her due of politeness to the curate , the due exacted by her mother and elder sister , she pattered onto Maurice , and , after having a bit of a poke round , shot across the connecting gangplank onto Grace . |
| 10 | She had given her word . |
| 11 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 12 | ‘ Pawing ! ’ she exclaimed , and illogically started to feel angry that this swine of a man she had given her heart to should still be so ready to think the worst of her . |
| 13 | She had given his name to Golding on Tuesday but had made no effort to contact him since to explain the situation . |
| 14 | He made it sound as though she had given his sermon to the messenger boy . |
| 15 | She had to give her real name when she ordered the new shoes . |
| 16 | She wanted to give her hair more body so Robbie used Natural Styling number 2 lotion specifically for tinted , bleached and porous hair . |
| 17 | All her life she refused to give her true age even after her young husband left her . |
| 18 | She refused to give her name because in her job she was not supposed to be speaking to newspapers . |