Example sentences of "try to give [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 2 | Ms Brigitte Nielsen , the augmented embonpoint , ‘ belted ’ a ‘ fan ’ who tried to give her a ‘ kiss ’ ; |
| 3 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 4 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 5 | Preston stumbled out of bed and tried to give her a hug , but she fought him off as if it was an attack . |
| 6 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 7 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 8 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 9 | The man tried to give her a lift and would n't take no for an answer . |
| 10 | I had to try to give him a chance to be independent . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't try to give her a good character , Mrs Fairfax , ’ said Mr Rochester sternly . |
| 12 | The departure from her old home and her arrival in her new one will be a tremendous double adjustment for her to make , so you should try to give it a sense of occasion . |
| 13 | In this article I will try to give you a few tips to make life a little easier . |
| 14 | ‘ We try to give him a little less tranquilliser each time , so that he might gradually get over it , but he does n't seem to get any better . |
| 15 | odd fifty P here , and pound here and I always try to give them a little bit . |
| 16 | My rambles through some of the recent linguistics literature , and into the undergrowth of conversational databases , searching for English , have been somewhat random , but I have tried to give them a unifying theme . |
| 17 | Once more we have tried to give you a balanced programme which reflects your comments and requests . |
| 18 | He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation . |
| 19 | While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 20 | ‘ While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 21 | I looked back at him , trying to give him a dirty look but him and de Haas were just grinning at me . ’ |
| 22 | There were comments last time about trying to give it a name so people realized where it was . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah yeah I mean I 'm trying to give you a score here |
| 25 | trying to give you a chance . |
| 26 | Er people make up deliberately to be telling you lies but they still , in some sense , trying to give you a favoured view which is a out and out lie . |
| 27 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |