Example sentences of "giving him a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now then , ’ said Nelly , giving him a dark melting glance . |
| 2 | Once you are on the course , be positive and give your horse the best chance at each obstacle , by giving him a good approach to each one and plenty of encouragement with the legs ( and voice and whip if need be ) . |
| 3 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 4 | Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak . |
| 5 | At the government-controlled newspaper Izvestia , the staff threatened to go on strike when their editor , who is a Kravchenko-like conservative , tried to get rid of his liberal deputy by giving him a cushy job as Madrid correspondent . |
| 6 | Giving him a sharp look , she turned away . |
| 7 | Giving him a sharp look , she demanded , ‘ Did you ? ’ |
| 8 | She felt her toes curl , but could n't help giving him a sharp glance . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll see you when I see you , ’ she said , giving him a wide , plastic smile . |
| 10 | As he was bending down to pick the post up off the mat he felt a cold hand on his exposed backside — little suspecting that it was the family dog giving him a friendly greeting . |
| 11 | Thanking Donal for his kindness , and giving him a friendly hug , she dutifully took the road he indicated — and then Ellie , being Ellie , decided would n't it be nice just to have a peek at the Wicklow mountains ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll be in trouble running out like that , you rascal , ’ she told Azor , giving him a friendly scratch on the top of his head . |
| 13 | Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance . |
| 14 | The old woman shouldered her bag again , giving him a baleful look , and went muttering away . |
| 15 | ‘ Dratted animal ! ’ muttered Araminta over her mother 's imprecations and Hector 's excited barks , giving him a baleful glare . |
| 16 | ‘ You can say that again ! ’ she murmured , giving him a hot look through her lashes . |
| 17 | Hesitating , she risked giving him a haunted look . |
| 18 | Richard , however , had already made overtures of friendship to the Sicilian king and cemented this by giving him a rich and generous gift — Excalibur , the magical sword of King Arthur . |
| 19 | His black hair was rumpled , giving him a boyish look , and beneath the navy silk dressing-gown he was wearing his smooth , tanned chest was bare . |
| 20 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 21 | The pinstripe trousers were tucked into green shooting boots with buckles at the sides , giving him a competent air . |
| 22 | despite the now fashionable equation of knowledge with " science " , the average undergraduate , whatever his special intellectual bent , still demanded that a university should primarily concern itself with giving him a liberal education . |
| 23 | ‘ I was thinking I 'd like exactly the same thing , ’ she confessed , giving him a radiant smile . |
| 24 | Should the wielder attack and fail to score a hit , he may immediately re-roll the attack again , giving him a second chance to hit . |
| 25 | People strolled past without giving him a second look — couples hand in hand , families with pushchairs , groups of friends looking for a good spot to picnic . |
| 26 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 27 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 28 | You kept giving him a hundred . |
| 29 | Giving him a sneezing fit . |
| 30 | The outward tips of his bushy eyebrows were tilted upwards slightly , giving him a demonic appearance . |