Example sentences of "but [pers pn] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 2 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 3 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 4 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 5 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 6 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |
| 7 | The arguments were upsetting , but they gave them a burning desire to win — to prove officialdom wrong . |
| 8 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 9 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 10 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 11 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 12 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 13 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When I came out again my weight had gone down to 8 stone and it 's definitely an experience I would n't like to go through again , but it gives you a new outlook on life . |
| 15 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
| 16 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 17 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 18 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 19 | I simply watched an American T V news item , but it gave me a frightening vision of what the future could hold in store for us , unless we fight the Tory policies with all our might we can muster . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a strange situation , but it gave me a unique opportunity to work alongside the workforce under difficult conditions . |
| 21 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |