Example sentences of "[noun] and give him [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look .
2 He looked back at Kim and gave him a small bow .
3 He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob .
4 I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush .
5 I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute .
6 In addition , the war years had turned de Gaulle himself into a national leader and given him a unique symbolic identity , and yet had left him an inexperienced politician without an organized or cohesive following .
7 A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away .
8 Dad was flaring his nostrils and giving him a wild stare .
9 Uncle Mick reached across his wife and gave him a heavy slap on the knee .
10 Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia .
11 He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders .
12 Something of the atmosphere in Roxie Farmer 's house seemed to go home with Coffin and give him a restless night .
13 So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised .
14 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
15 The man was elevated and screened-in like an auctioneer , to deter attack and to give him an overall view of every part of the shop .
16 She replaced the receiver and gave him an apologetic smile .
17 And she put it before Gabriel on a wooden plate and gave him a wooden cup full of water .
18 Knocker re-filled Sooty 's mug with rough cider and gave him a disapproving look at the same time .
19 Here we show how TODAY produced a slimline Santa and gave him a new modern look .
20 She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare .
21 Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling .
22 Next morning , she telephoned Ernest Baird and gave him a short account of developments .
23 If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way .
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