Example sentences of "he gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom . |
| 2 | He gave her one of his martyred looks . |
| 3 | Declaring that she was so beautiful that she ought to be in pictures , he gave her some of his manuscripts . |
| 4 | He gave her some more champagne and she asked if he had children . |
| 5 | He gave her some money and they said goodbye . |
| 6 | After all , he was a very clever man , and sometimes , when he did not think she knew , he gave her some very peculiar looks that made her shivery inside . |
| 7 | He gave her another of his sideways smiles . |
| 8 | He gave her another of those inquisitorial looks . |
| 9 | He gave her another letter . |
| 10 | He gave her another terrible smile . |
| 11 | Anyway , there is no hint that he gave her any encouragement at all . |
| 12 | And he gave me thirty gave me a ticket right ? |
| 13 | ‘ He gave me six points for this country so clearly that I saw them as if on a black-board and could simply copy them down . ’ |
| 14 | he gave me poor result . |
| 15 | On top of everything , he gave me 500 dollars for my twenty-first birthday and it 's this I intend sharing between Jenny and the family . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He gave me that book . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He gave me that book only this morning — Jane 's Fighting Ships . |
| 18 | He gave me that nickname because I 'm small with curly hair like a candyfloss stick , and it 's kind of cute . |
| 19 | and he gave me that information repeatedly and he 's terribly involved . |
| 20 | And he gave me that information that there were eighteen crews . |
| 21 | Are n't you ? — and he gave me one of his dry little smiles . |
| 22 | And he gave me one of his really wicked looks out of the corners of his eyes . |
| 23 | Despite all this he gave me one term to show some improvement , I never really shed the " below average " tag at the Halton style of academy . |
| 24 | He retired after the last C E T and he gave me all his pens and stuff . |
| 25 | Yeah I but think he gave me all his drink . |
| 26 | He gave me appropriate pills for Michael and departed rapidly . |
| 27 | Maybe it was obvious to most people but he gave me recharged confidence in the project . |
| 28 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 29 | ‘ I never knew whether I should believe that man … but , you know , he gave me great pleasure . |
| 30 | I told him about the defenestration of Ramsey Everett and he gave me five hundred pounds . |