Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer 's wife invited us in and gave us cheesy , potato turnovers — it would not be polite to refuse . |
| 2 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 3 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 4 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 5 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 6 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 7 | Maybe she tied him up and gave him soft whip . |
| 8 | The pair ignored us completely and gave us superb views of yet another extremely rare endemic bird of the Seychelles . |
| 9 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 10 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 11 | A bloke came round and gave it all me . |
| 12 | ’ And Trevor just turned round and gave it this tremendous kick . |