Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
| 2 | ‘ My goodness , yes , you gave me quite a fright . ’ |
| 3 | Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure . |
| 4 | I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages . |
| 5 | But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain . |
| 6 | It gave me quite a thrill . |
| 7 | ‘ He gave me quite a stern lecture on the subject . |
| 8 | It gave me quite a shock . |
| 9 | It really gave me quite a fright . |
| 10 | You gave me quite a shock . ’ |
| 11 | Duncan gave them both a farewell smile and left . |
| 12 | Neither woman spoke and Alain gave them both a wry look before urging his mother further into the room . |
| 13 | The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit . |
| 14 | Venality was rife ; the precedent of even groups as illustrious as the Beatles and the Stones signing to contracts which gave them only a penny a record had become legendary : at the end of the Sixties , Allen Klein had achieved notoriety for his dexterous accounting abilities , working for both groups in the role of both ‘ finder ’ extracting hidden royalties from the record company for the group — and ‘ taker ’ — extracting them from the group for himself . |
| 15 | Banks and securities firms lag behind their rivals elsewhere in innovation , and have lost what competitive edge Japan 's relatively low interest rates and strong currency gave them abroad a few years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 17 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |
| 18 | Doctors gave him only a 50-50 chance of survival . |
| 19 | The Soviet President , whose domestic popularity had plummeted to the extent that opinion polls currently gave him only a 19 per cent approval rating , said that the award was a " recognition of our perestroika " . |
| 20 | When he sat down again to finish his kedgeree Aunt Tossie gave him quite a funny look , and burst out laughing . |
| 21 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 22 | I gave us both a refill . |
| 23 | Thelma gave us both a refill , shaking her head . |
| 24 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |