Example sentences of "gave us [det] a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You gave us all a start , ’ Rose said happily . |
2 | A tall muscular Lance-Corporal ( I think ) in a red beret and camouflage suit stepped into the doorway of the coach , gave us all a knowing look , and stepped out and nodded us through the outer gate . |
3 | At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur . |
4 | It gave us all a terrible shock . |
5 | The day they told us we were to close gave us all a shock |
6 | ‘ Gave us all a nasty upset , I remember . ’ |
7 | Gave us all a once over . ’ |
8 | He gave , they gave us all a lovely mug each , beautiful |
9 | An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point . |
10 | ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea . |
11 | Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness . |
12 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
13 | You gave us such a fright . |
14 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
15 | One year , I remember , he gave us half an hour on John McEnroe being slung out of the Men 's Singles . |