Example sentences of "i gave [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
| 2 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
| 3 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 4 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 5 | I gave them a three-minute start then Bogartishly gunned my heap . |
| 6 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 7 | I gave them a good show , with my writhings and moanings . |
| 8 | Well he said on that tape , I gave them a fat cheque of six thousand pounds . |
| 9 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 10 | ‘ I gave her a gruesome murder to deal with … homicide is new territory for women — the need for capture and revenge is largely masculine . ’ |
| 11 | I gave her a nasty smile and left it . |
| 12 | Here , ’ I gave her a printed business card , the one with my home telephone number on it . |
| 13 | Once Anne had accepted the fact that I was n't gon na work in the foreseeable future , and it was her choice that we stay , cos I gave her a clear choice , it was either move away where I could get work , or stay and suffer the wages of the dole like you know . |
| 14 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 15 | I gave her a large handkerchief . |
| 16 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 17 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 18 | As I gave her an exaggerated account of my clashes with different members of my family , she continued to discourage me , saying that the work in London was hard and that exile was no easy way of life . |
| 19 | I gave her the bare outline of your problem , Leonora — it was necessary to explain why I wanted an X-ray in a hurry . |
| 20 | I gave him a real dressing-down . ’ |
| 21 | I gave him a ridiculous list of things ( most of them I do n't want , but it 'll keep him busy ) to buy . |
| 22 | I gave him a good going-over , I can tell you . |
| 23 | That afternoon in the big , empty cinema , I gave him a private showing of the film , and there were many pictures of Danckwerts 's shipmates of thirty years earlier , including an interview I had had with his immediate superior , Captain Helmuth Giessler , the ship 's navigating officer , who told me of the secret preparations he had made for the midnight departure from Brest in February 1942 of the Scharnhorst , Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen on the eve of their audacious dash through the English Channel to Germany . |
| 24 | I gave him a final wave just before we turned into the approach road leading to the village . |
| 25 | I gave him a simple answer , the one that eventually became officially accepted . |
| 26 | I gave him a full deflection burst for good measure and then my ammunition ran out . |
| 27 | Yeah and it was really nice to see him , I gave him a massive hug . |
| 28 | At Glasgow Cross , near the famous steeple , I gave him a knowing wink , shook his hand , and advised him to go straight home ( as if he would do otherwise ) . |
| 29 | I gave him a surprised look . |
| 30 | John never knew who I was ; I gave him a false name . |