Example sentences of "[adv] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His success in the competition apparently gave him considerable encouragement as , according to the introduction to his Notes of Thought : |
| 2 | We ‘ book people ’ are somewhat defensive about our occupation of the Church for a long period , so the following incident naturally gave us new confidence . |
| 3 | I only gave her fifteen . |
| 4 | They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease . |
| 5 | I denounced the judges who only gave him two ( out of ten ) for his best wave , but he said , ‘ It was fair . |
| 6 | BOBBY GOULDING is no saint — but I 'm glad the disciplinary committee only gave him two matches last night after his trial by TV . |
| 7 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 8 | Now , when one of us is describing a restaurant , there is intensive cross-questioning about the quality of the puddings and petits fours , and commiseration if they do not sound up to scratch : ‘ Do you mean they only gave you one chocolate truffle each ! ’ |
| 9 | The bank was usually very understanding , and generally gave us some leeway until we were able to sell something . |
| 10 | He conducted a visitation every five years , when he went there and interviewed each individual member of the community and finally gave them all a charge . |
| 11 | He just gave her one look . |
| 12 | I just gave her that ! |
| 13 | I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry . |
| 14 | But Mum just gave them one of her black looks and elbowed her way past the two women and went into Granny 's house . |
| 15 | I should think he is tired , he 's been running around this field , he 's been at deep square leg , at third man and everywhere and he just gave me that blank stare . |
| 16 | And this time it did n't give us two X it just gave us one times this one times that one . |
| 17 | No we went in and erm it was about er three or four minutes before we actually started and he just gave us this paper and he put sets of questions to the different types of differentiation |
| 18 | Just gave it some thought , give it some thought and initiative and you 're in ! |
| 19 | And I just gave you two , two are n't I ? |
| 20 | And he always gave me this bottle |
| 21 | And he always gave me this bottle |
| 22 | And she always gave them good measure and did an awful trade . |
| 23 | THE best Yorkshire crowds always gave you some stick when you deserved it . |
| 24 | ‘ Still in Mariánské Láznë , ’ Fabia replied , and chatted to her mother for a few more minutes , until her mother promptly gave her another worry to add to her collection . |
| 25 | A grand image I have to admit , but then re-entering that room still gave me some anxiety : as my American ‘ friend ’ surely recognised , I was in need of ‘ positive visualisation . ’ |
| 26 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 27 | Although Mr Taylor refused to reveal whether or not the Premier League deal is acceptable to him or his members , who yesterday gave him overwhelming support for necessary action , it would be foolish to embark on a strike now . |
| 28 | Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’ |
| 29 | Monty Lee and Dick Cleaver both gave me generous references . |
| 30 | He also gave me whole tins of peaches in syrup ; I ate so many that eventually I broke out in a painful rash . |