Example sentences of "gives [pron] a [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 | And I must say that gives me a great pleasure . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You know , Frome , it gives me a great deal of pleasure to think of you as head boy here next year . |
| 12 | Working also gives me a great sense of independence . |
| 13 | I must say it gives me a certain amount of pleasure too . ’ |
| 14 | He straightens up his mac and gives me a real serious look . |
| 15 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | All this talking gives me a dry throat . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It gives me a bad head . |
| 20 | gives me a bad head it do and it upsets me stomach . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Seriously , though , it gives me a fresh pang every time I look … |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Everyone and everything about the Medau Society gives me a special and warm feeling . |
| 28 | Jaye gives me a blank look . |
| 29 | It also gives me a patriotic thrill , knowing that it 's British designed and built . |
| 30 | I want to keep my new clothes on , so the old woman gives me a big paper carrier bag to put my mac and woolly hat in . |