Example sentences of "me a [adj] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me a long look . |
| 2 | He gave me a quizzical look , then indicated to the left side of the school . |
| 3 | She shot me a demonic look , emphasized by a smile of outrageous malice . |
| 4 | He gave me a strange look . |
| 5 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 6 | One agent in North 's employ remembered being over at CIA headquarters one day when a call came in to him from North , ‘ and everybody in the room gave me a dirty look . ’ |
| 7 | Well , there was a silly ole cow workin' in the office an' when I went in there she give me a dirty look an' told me ter take a seat . |
| 8 | When I was foolish enough to laugh at a preposterous and provocative statement made by Mr Dinsdale — who had surely modelled himself on Dickens 's character Mr Bounderby — he gave me a withering look and asked sarcastically : ‘ Is this a reason to laugh ? ’ |
| 9 | She gave me a sharp look . |
| 10 | She flashed me a grateful look . |
| 11 | As the lift stopped at our floor Ira Dilworth gave me a dark look , admonishing my temerity . |
| 12 | " Oh , nothing wrong , dear , " she said , giving me a cleared look of total innocence . |
| 13 | But the solid Swiss world was no phantom , nor would the solar system cease forging steadily through interstellar space : the sun did swing away from our casement , for all that Mary said , for all our forgetting of time , and the baby awoke and cried ; so that Mary , giving me a langourous look , dressed herself carelessly and went down the stairs . |
| 14 | She gave me a puzzled look . |
| 15 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 16 | When I emerge from the cabin , Teddy is sitting in a sunchair on the opposite balcony giving me a knowing look . |
| 17 | He gave me a swift look . |
| 18 | After two fumbled attempts Dostoevsky lands with a leap upon ‘ Il faut être prêt , voyez-vous ’ — he gave me a meaningful look — ‘ chague moment — they may come and take me , and phew ! — a man has disappeared ! ’ |
| 19 | Prior engagement , ’ he said , giving me a meaningful look . |
| 20 | The Sheikha gave me a questioning look and I answered , ‘ I will stay here . ’ |
| 21 | The fellow gave me a world-weary look and shook his head . |
| 22 | Jaye gives me a blank look . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , this is the real world , ’ I said out loud — too loud actually ; someone gave me a funny look . |
| 24 | I just stay there , squatting down and the woman gives me a funny look and tugs the little girl 's hand and they walk round me and go off down the road . |
| 25 | He said , ‘ Oh , I 'm terribly sorry , Prime Minister ’ , gave me a funny look and left . |
| 26 | I thought , in my anxious state , that the orderly gave me a funny look as he left me there . |
| 27 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 28 | He gave me a sour look and growled , ‘ The whole thing 's too short , from the head down ! ’ |
| 29 | He gave me a shrewd look , clearly suspecting that I would have changed the name had I dared defy the superstition . |
| 30 | She gave me a prissy look . |