Example sentences of "i [verb] give [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 2 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 3 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 4 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 5 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 6 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 7 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 8 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 9 | I give them a , I did give them a good rinse afterwards though . |
| 10 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 11 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 12 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 13 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 14 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 15 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 16 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 17 | If you 're talking about learning theory , well I 've given you a few names . |
| 18 | Oh god I 've give you a bloody handful now so that was stupid . |
| 19 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 20 | I intended to give him a further lesson on the facts of life , later . |
| 21 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |