Example sentences of "[pron] gave [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 2 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
| 3 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
| 4 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 5 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 6 | I gave them a three-minute start then Bogartishly gunned my heap . |
| 7 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 8 | I gave them a good show , with my writhings and moanings . |
| 9 | Well he said on that tape , I gave them a fat cheque of six thousand pounds . |
| 10 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
| 11 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 12 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 13 | ‘ I gave her a gruesome murder to deal with … homicide is new territory for women — the need for capture and revenge is largely masculine . ’ |
| 14 | I gave her a nasty smile and left it . |
| 15 | I gave her a deep old-fashioned bow , a legacy of the East European courtesies in which I had been raised . |
| 16 | Here , ’ I gave her a printed business card , the one with my home telephone number on it . |
| 17 | Once Anne had accepted the fact that I was n't gon na work in the foreseeable future , and it was her choice that we stay , cos I gave her a clear choice , it was either move away where I could get work , or stay and suffer the wages of the dole like you know . |
| 18 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 19 | I gave her a large handkerchief . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I gave her a few days off when William went away . |
| 22 | Some of them smelt of oil or grease of a kind she did n't recognize I gave her a few samples from the labs without telling her what they were and she picked out gun oil as being the nearest . |
| 23 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 24 | As I gave her an exaggerated account of my clashes with different members of my family , she continued to discourage me , saying that the work in London was hard and that exile was no easy way of life . |
| 25 | I gave her the bare outline of your problem , Leonora — it was necessary to explain why I wanted an X-ray in a hurry . |
| 26 | I gave her the best books |
| 27 | I gave him a real dressing-down . ’ |
| 28 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 29 | I gave him a ridiculous list of things ( most of them I do n't want , but it 'll keep him busy ) to buy . |
| 30 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |