Example sentences of "[adv] and 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 . |