Example sentences of "[vb past] give [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 2 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 3 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 4 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 5 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 6 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 7 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 8 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 10 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 11 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 12 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 13 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 14 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 15 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 16 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 17 | Jesus , as the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end , Jesus , who came to give us the good news , news worth singing about . |
| 18 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 19 | Major Robert Burrows had cancer , but Eva 's arrival seemed to give him a new lease of life . |
| 20 | The failure of the pope to pronounce on this matter until 798 meant a dangerous delay for Coenwulf and was probably a factor in his desire for an archbishopric at London , but the papal judgement when it came gave him a free hand and made London as an archiepiscopal see dispensable . |
| 21 | If we designed a questionnaire to ask people what they did in their free time , how would we know whether the answers we received gave us a true picture of how they spend that time ; or a picture of what they will say to a researcher when they are asked the question ? |
| 22 | Ace turned to give her a strange look . |
| 23 | Cadfael turned to give him a long , thoughtful look , and a few white petals that had floated and lodged in the rough cloth of his sleeve caught the stirring of air from the door , and floated free again , riding the draught into the pale , bright sunlight . |
| 24 | Outside the front entrance of the House of Mattli Paula turned to give him a quick impulsive hug . |
| 25 | Hesitating , she risked giving him a haunted look . |
| 26 | Now , they consulted their executive committee , and agreed to give us the free use of an empty office . |
| 27 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 28 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 29 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 30 | Zen decided to give him the only answer he had been able to come up with . |