Example sentences of "[noun sg] give she " in BNC.
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1 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
2 | She was n't sure if she groaned out loud , but the middle-aged lady in the opposite seat gave her a worried glance before ducking quickly back into her magazine . |
3 | Dot gave her the violet-patterned hanky that used to belong to Henrietta Forbes-Read to wipe her eyes . |
4 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
5 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
6 | The stranger gave her a look . |
7 | Her work for the Eugenics Society and the Family Planning Association gave her a keen interest in population issues . |
8 | The ensemble gave her a slinky , model-like elegance and made her feel like an actress playing a part … a nightclub scene , probably … instead of her normal self . |
9 | Penry 's displeasure gave her a sudden , desperate longing to get back to wherever — and more importantly whoever — she belonged . |
10 | On the one hand , the onset of menstruation gives her immediately the status of young womanhood . |
11 | Erica was inevitable , I supposed , though I suspected Fiona had switched a few place cards before I reached there : a certain bland innocence gave her away . |
12 | Her research on Artemesia continued and having her idea for this play excepted by Soho Poly 's Blueprint young writers programme gave her the chance to take the play into its performance phase by Workstage |
13 | The two crosses at either end of the roof gave her a brief moment of hope . |
14 | Acquired expertise and skill give her the confidence to make the choices that will shape her future . |
15 | He was propped on one elbow beside her , the width of the picnic hamper giving her an illusion of safety from too close an intimacy . |
16 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
17 | The assassin gave her no time to cry out ; a flare of terror — what am I doing here who is that behind me dark dark someone behind me — and Fox tightened her hold on the other 's mind , taking control . |
18 | Panic gave her the strength to break free , and she struck out for the side of the pool . |
19 | Dance gave her a further chance to shine . |
20 | Soon afterwards Betty Law was having another presentation , this time in the board room as the assembled directors and senior management gave her a colour television on behalf of the company . |
21 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |
22 | The ‘ alimony drone ’ — the leech-woman whose divorce gives her a meal ticket for life so that she can spend her days lolling by a pool peeling grapes while ex-hubby slaves twenty hours a day to earn enough to keep in her in luxury — does not exist here . |
23 | I will love him , Lily , like this , ’ and Pen gave her a strangling hug so that she gasped and laughed and begged to be released . |
24 | When Margy eventually went to court for her new shoplifting charge the judge gave her a probation order . |
25 | The judge gave her a life sentence . |
26 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
27 | The girl gave her a pitying smile . |
28 | Now she seems to have little pain , and little hunger , although she takes what the boy gives her , and today , we have improved upon that . |
29 | Her first marriage gave her the freedom to compose , and by the time of Gramatté 's death Stokowski was booking here to play some of her own compositions under his direction . |
30 | That was puzzling Claudia , but a moment 's reflection gave her the answer . |