Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave [pers pn] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thinking of badness gave her one of her ideas . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The Witch gave us one promise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Doctor gave her one of his innocent , enigmatic , infuriating smiles . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | My son gave me one of them years ago . |