Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retracing our steps , we passed the reed screen once more and I gave a cursory glance through the hole . |
| 2 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 3 | Suddenly I was full of hope again , and I gave a great shout of happiness . |
| 4 | Her eyes darted round the club as though seeking an escape route and she gave a hollow groan . |
| 5 | Her tears were easing and she gave a long gurgling sniff , reaching , it seemed , deep into her empty body . |
| 6 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 7 | They went out quietly and she gave a long sigh of relief . |
| 8 | The door was opened beside her and she gave a nervous start . |
| 9 | At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless . |
| 10 | And Preston sat there beside her , patting her ineffectually on the shoulder , saying , ‘ It 's all right , it 's all right , really , it 's all right , ’ until finally the sobbing stopped , too , and her eyes closed and she gave a great , shuddering sigh and slept . |
| 11 | And she gave a grotesque wink . |
| 12 | And she gave a faint smile , reassured . |
| 13 | 4472 Flying Scotsman was the steam locomotive hauling the train and she gave a superb performance over the Settle and Carlisle line . |
| 14 | ‘ We showed her that videofit you issued , she said it was him , and she gave a good description of the lorry . |
| 15 | Then her innate honesty forced her to realise he was probably speaking no more than the truth , and she gave a single reluctant nod . |
| 16 | But midges — ’ and she gave a shudder-'this August in Scotland . |
| 17 | He came a step closer and she gave a shaky laugh . |
| 18 | She was too busy holding her aching face and she gave a soft murmur of pain as she drew her dressing-gown closely around her . |
| 19 | Her lips twisted and she gave a croaking laugh . |
| 20 | Laura 's normally warm , full lips tightened in pain , and she gave a heavy sigh as she recalled Liz 's pale , wan face , so terribly bruised and cut when she 'd visited her cousin in the hospital this morning . |
| 21 | He told Mrs Heatherton his mother 's maiden name , and she gave a little grimace which in anyone else might have been a smile . |
| 22 | Failing that , and she gave a little giggle , Rosalba 's face was such a picture of attention , at the Assumption . |
| 23 | The implications began to whirl around her head , and she gave a little groan . |
| 24 | But when she looked at it more closely , the blood rushed from her face and she gave a little gasp of incredulous horror . |
| 25 | His hair , longer than her own , was dripping down his face and neck , and she gave a little smile . |
| 26 | The touch of his lips on hers was gentle , slow , deliberate , and she gave a little sigh of satisfaction . |
| 27 | Their slogan was Plays Anytime Anywhere , and she gave a vivid description of playing in air-raid shelters , in the stables of grand houses , and to Welsh miners . |
| 28 | And she gives a complex , psychoanalytically-influenced account of her male identification and its effects : ‘ I had … contributed towards making an object of myself and other women . |
| 29 | George 's eyes met Tamar 's and they gave a mutual smile . |
| 30 | In the nineteenth century most of the ‘ moilies ’ were red ( for example , the Donegal Red ) with brown ears and noses , and they gave a good yield of milk rich in butterfat . |