Example sentences of "gave [pron] [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 2 | When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God . |
| 3 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 4 | She gave me a little wink , because , of course , they were pointing their telescopic lenses mostly at me . |
| 5 | ‘ They even gave me a little bed , ’ said Masklin . |
| 6 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 7 | Yes , I know they just gave me a little walk on part . |
| 8 | I finished my visit to room four with a parting shaft which gave me a little comfort . |
| 9 | Well when that Joe and Annie got married Joe gave me the little purse with a threepenny bit in . |
| 10 | Erm on the overhead before last I I gave you a little equation which demonstrated the importance of measuring single channel currents and it ga and it had implicit in it an open state probability which reflects gating . |
| 11 | She gave herself a little shake . |
| 12 | She looked vague , but Ellie gave her a little nod anyway . |
| 13 | He gave her a little push in the small of her back towards a lean black Ferrari . |
| 14 | Her pregnancy thankfully gave her a little relief from the enormous output normally expected of her , and her stay with the Franklins was a welcome respite from the boredom and loneliness of being on her own , as she wrote on 9 January : |
| 15 | He smiled at her and gave her a little wink . |
| 16 | He gave her a little shake . |
| 17 | ‘ What , Hilary ? ’ he grated roughly as he gave her a little shake . |
| 18 | Guy gave her a little shake , rocking her against him . |
| 19 | He gave her a little shake . |
| 20 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
| 21 | And old man Heinz of Heinz fifty seven varieties , they were a big time , and gave her a little silver pickle with Heinz on it . |
| 22 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 23 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 24 | Dougal gave him a little nod , as if to say that he had remembered that too . |
| 25 | He smiled widely and held out a hand , but the way he looked Maxim over gave him a little pang of disquiet . |
| 26 | She gave him a little shake . |
| 27 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 28 | She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's . |
| 29 | Raising her head to look at him , she gave him a little slap . |
| 30 | She gave him a little glance of understanding . |