Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the impression " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time she gave me the impression that she was enjoying the joke . |
| 2 | She gave me the impression that I was an utter bore ( which I probably was ) and something of a freak as well-I was not like my sisters . |
| 3 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 4 | If I had still thought you as slap-happy as I originally assumed — and bluntly , my child , you gave me the impression of being incapable of specialling a cold in the head — if the Night Super . |
| 5 | But he certainly gave me the impression the boat belonged to him . ’ |
| 6 | It gave me the impression of having worked for something and , once defeated , I could take my comfort in the cool blandness of the back room . |
| 7 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 8 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 9 | Baldwin gave him the impression ‘ that the last thing in the world that lie wished was either a return to office or the end of his holiday . |
| 10 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 11 | The Butcher gave us the impression that he was indeed talking about chunks of meat — sides of beef or lamb or perhaps great hams trussed up with string . |
| 12 | We read in the papers of continuous victories on all fronts , which gave us the impression that the war would be over soon . |
| 13 | I think there were one or two er new items of information that he had concerning Oxfordshire which he did n't realise before , and he certainly gave us the impression that he would er , er take these into account when assessing the share out to Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | well certainly I believe Mr he , I do n't think he went into the same detail as Mr I , but Mr certainly left me the impression that some at least of the brochures were , went into more than one addition , yes |