Example sentences of "she gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 2 | Mrs Chamberlin has more than a dozen and she gave me such beautiful eggs to bring home . |
| 3 | She gave me that icy smile which is reserved for making me feel uncomfortable . |
| 4 | She gave me that up-from-under look that only women can do without appearing cretinous . |
| 5 | She gave me all the blobs of cream on the raspberry fool , as if I were a child . |
| 6 | She gave me five I think it was . |
| 7 | When I was ill she gave me some herbs made into a medicine and I got better quite quickly . |
| 8 | ‘ She gave me some help when I badly needed it . |
| 9 | She gave me those on Monday . |
| 10 | Rosalind said it must go tonight , and she gave me three pence for a lolly to stamp it and post it . ’ |
| 11 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 12 | She said she gave me three mugs |
| 13 | Well a as soon as she gave me this erm protective thing to wear and and then told me that I was grown up and every . |
| 14 | she gave me ten pound in an envelope and she said this , this is for your trouble . |
| 15 | She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit . |
| 16 | She gave me another cavernous smile and said : ‘ Barry 's Dolmen ? |
| 17 | and she gave her iced buns . |
| 18 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
| 19 | She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death . |
| 20 | When he left , she gave him two chimney pots , which had previously been on her house . |
| 21 | She gave him two goodwill letters addressed to legendary West Indian cricketers Mr Wes Hall and Sir Garfield Sobers . |
| 22 | ‘ Ta , ’ he said awkwardly , and she gave him one of her voluminous smiles . |
| 23 | And , as the lift doors opened , just in case he still had n't got the message , she gave him one furious push away from her and as he let go of her and went reeling backwards , ‘ Do n't you ever dare do that to me again ! ’ she flew . |
| 24 | She gave him all that she knew — chiefly from conversations with her close friend , Jane Aldis , and from a small book on physiology belonging to her father which she read secretly until it was removed . |
| 25 | She gave him all of herself . |
| 26 | She gave him that too . |
| 27 | She gave him that chill , remote look which she now knew infuriated him , and felt a fierce satisfaction to see him struggle for self-control . |
| 28 | She contrived to sit near to him and she gave him nice things to eat . |
| 29 | She gave him more . |
| 30 | She gave him soft , warm , innocent lips , unmoving beneath his . |