Example sentences of "gave i a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me a final incredulous look before quickening his steps to the head of the column . |
| 2 | gave me a woollen thermal vest to wear , |
| 3 | When our eyes met he gave me a frigid little smile . |
| 4 | He gave me a great long lecture on what homosexuals do . |
| 5 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 6 | She gave me a long piercing inspection . |
| 7 | Bonefish gave me a swift silent grin . |
| 8 | He gave me a fucking bad ticket the bastard . |
| 9 | The going was good and in the morning an Arab gave me a soft fresh loaf the size and shape of a strong man 's forearm . |
| 10 | He glanced across the table , saw me smiling , interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink . |
| 11 | I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd . |
| 12 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 13 | Donna gave me a last dazzling smile , then , apparently impervious to McIllvanney 's evil-tempered scorn , clicked away on her ridiculously high heels . |
| 14 | She was applying her eyeshadow , thick and purple on the tip of her little finger , and gave me a quick sideways look in the glass . |
| 15 | Mala gave me a quick startled glance , but wisely said nothing . |