Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , I think , my first real understanding of what being spoiled meant , in more than one way , and it gave me a lifelong horror of over-dressing which , having just glanced through the photo-albums in search of an illustrative self-portrait , I seem to have conquered only too well . |
| 2 | I suspect this , like compulsory religious education , gave me a lifelong scepticism about obligatory elements in any curriculum . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At that Mr Nicholas slapped my face hard then gave me a solid punch to the jaw . ’ |
| 6 | His wife gave me a rough idea of what their insurance situation was . |
| 7 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 8 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
| 10 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
| 11 | ‘ The sharp blade gave me a close shave in one go , but I also cut myself twice . |
| 12 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
| 13 | In a third shop I was moderately interested in one particular model until the assistant gave me a global price for a computer , printer and so on . |
| 14 | He drove me back against the wall , gave me a deep cut in the arm , and began to smile . |
| 15 | Hearing that man made me glad I was 64 , which fact gave me a sporting chance of dying a natural death before the inevitable holocaust . |
| 16 | He then gave me a slight shock by lapsing into a brief sort of reverie , and saying that if one had ever felt like ‘ murdering someone ’ , one could never do anything about it . |
| 17 | One of the men then gave me a perfunctory glance at a warrant before entering the house and walking up the stairs . |
| 18 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The feeling , I was surprised to find , gave me a great sense of satisfaction , almost of ecstasy . |
| 21 | This gave me a great sense of freedom — and , just occasionally , I did hurtle down the street at night ! |
| 22 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 23 | Bob expertly trotted his mount into position , gave me a raised-eye query about readiness and kicked forward into an accelerating gallop . |
| 24 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd spent quite a bit of time then visiting district nurses and accident and emergency departments which gave me a real insight into the health service and an understanding of the commitment there was around , ’ Cruickshank said . |
| 26 | I did , however , box for Oxford for four years , winning against Cambridge three times , and this gave me a certain standing in the College . |
| 27 | She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest . |
| 28 | Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re-wiring of her flat and asked if we have old-fashioned fuse-boxes . |
| 29 | When the hon. Gentleman finally gave me a straight commitment across the Dispatch Box to abolish GP fund holding , I told him that he delivered the support of the majority of GPs by doing so . |
| 30 | So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me . |