Example sentences of "[noun] gave [pers pn] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chan gave him one of his winning smiles . |
| 2 | At the boarding school I went to Gwendoline we had a very good punishment for sneaks , all the girls in the sneak dormy gave her one good spank with the back of a hair brush . |
| 3 | Thinking of badness gave her one of her ideas . |
| 4 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 5 | ‘ The Witch gave us one promise . |
| 6 | Well , at its annual conference the N U J gave us one hundred percent backing and carried on its support for us . |
| 7 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 8 | Harvey gave him one of those Sorbo-rubber helmets that paratroops wear on practice drops . |
| 9 | Madeleine gave it one more glance , then shooed Thérèse out in front of her . |
| 10 | When they arrived at Beaconville , where three elderly people lived together , Mrs Abigail gave her one dinner to carry but she dropped it while trying to open the hall-door . |
| 11 | The Doctor gave her one of his innocent , enigmatic , infuriating smiles . |
| 12 | Mark gave me one of Sophie 's doorstops — a sleeping fox , and we went down to visit a friend in the Borders with Ethel for support . |
| 13 | Lancashire gave him one of his most memorable finds ( an Old Trafford cupboard crammed with old minute books ) and Surrey his next subject ( George Lohmann ) : ‘ He was a rebel , but also a tragic figure . |
| 14 | Then the Dawn Maiden gave him one of the Sun 's burning rays ; she wound it up like a ribbon and put it in a box which she hung round his neck . |
| 15 | Lessingham gave him one sharp glance . |
| 16 | My son gave me one of them years ago . |