Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 2 | Monty Lee and Dick Cleaver both gave me generous references . |
| 3 | Natasha Kornilof : ‘ I have to say David never gave me any notes . |
| 4 | But Mum just gave them one of her black looks and elbowed her way past the two women and went into Granny 's house . |
| 5 | BOBBY GOULDING is no saint — but I 'm glad the disciplinary committee only gave him two matches last night after his trial by TV . |
| 6 | They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease . |
| 7 | THE best Yorkshire crowds always gave you some stick when you deserved it . |
| 8 | A grand image I have to admit , but then re-entering that room still gave me some anxiety : as my American ‘ friend ’ surely recognised , I was in need of ‘ positive visualisation . ’ |
| 9 | Brian and Tom asked me to get in touch with people for them ; Tom even gave me long phone numbers for his wife in Beirut and daughters in the States . |
| 10 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 11 | Sam briefly gave it some thought . |
| 12 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 13 | The house was sold very quickly and the new owner immediately gave us all notice to quit . |
| 14 | His success in the competition apparently gave him considerable encouragement as , according to the introduction to his Notes of Thought : |
| 15 | We ‘ book people ’ are somewhat defensive about our occupation of the Church for a long period , so the following incident naturally gave us new confidence . |
| 16 | But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc . |
| 17 | Chris Parker never gave her enough time to explain anything properly . |
| 18 | Its gentle approach and its emphasis on sensible preventive measures also gave it considerable patient appeal when compared with the more barbarous established approaches . |
| 19 | Hypnotherapy is examined , and while Alec Bedser is sincere in his assertion that he never needed extra motivation ( and also in his justified bellyache that Hutton never gave him enough credit ) , the need is unquestionably there in many cases , and modern sports-thought seeks to help . |
| 20 | But to do him justice , the Prime Minister never gave me any impression that he wanted me to succeed him … . |
| 21 | Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Still in Mariánské Láznë , ’ Fabia replied , and chatted to her mother for a few more minutes , until her mother promptly gave her another worry to add to her collection . |