Example sentences of "gives [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , Woosie gives me a rollicking every week . |
2 | It gives me a good feeling . ’ |
3 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
4 | It gives me a good bright clean sound at loud volumes and a good overdrive sound at most volumes . |
5 | This gives me a strange feeling of relief . |
6 | Indeed , every time I hug him , my old mate , the White Poplar gives me a new lead , a hotline to earth . |
7 | This gives me a printed list of subdirectories on my hard disk . |
8 | Then pulls me down beside her , and gives me a sisterly squeeze . |
9 | It gives me a tremendous advantage in that I can moor the punt about 15yds back from the top of the shelf , in the shallower water , out of sight of the bream . |
10 | We all do that , although I must admit the TARDIS gives me a wider range of opportunities than most people have . |
11 | And I must say that gives me a great pleasure . ’ |
12 | ‘ You know , Frome , it gives me a great deal of pleasure to think of you as head boy here next year . |
13 | Working also gives me a great sense of independence . |
14 | I also prefer it because I believe it is more sensitive than a link-leger and gives me a better chance of hooking fish . |
15 | Gives me a better idea of what he 's doing-how much he 's spending , what he 's spending it on . ’ |
16 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
17 | He straightens up his mac and gives me a real serious look . |
18 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
19 | ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’ |
20 | One thing er pu puzzles me a little and gives me a little difficulty , that is erm the addendum refers to an invitation to all baptised members . |
21 | All this talking gives me a dry throat . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | It gives me a bad head . |
24 | gives me a bad head it do and it upsets me stomach . |
25 | Well I would n't , I would n't drink er coffee now , this time of a night cos that gives me a bad head . |
26 | Seriously , though , it gives me a fresh pang every time I look … |
27 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
28 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
29 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
30 | The ‘ New Faces ’ gowns are almost ready ; ca n't wait to pick them up , it always gives me a special buzz driving through London with the back seat full of beautifully made , exclusively designed gowns . |