Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] another " in BNC.

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1 She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit .
2 Doone gave me another of his assessments .
3 She gave me another cavernous smile and said : ‘ Barry 's Dolmen ?
4 He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted .
5 All she did was hold out her hand and say , Look , Ma , Bernie gave me another dime . ’
6 I asked him what his name was and he said , ‘ Tommy Jones ’ or something , and I said , ‘ Who lives next door ? ’ and he gave me another name , and I said , ‘ Oh , no she does n't .
7 They gave me another flat somebody else had turned down .
8 The Emissary gave me another view of his new teeth as I glanced round .
9 And Ford 's put up a lot of the money and so they wanted their cut from the publicity , and they gave me another award , and their manager in Brighton came to present it .
10 They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease .
11 But no , Bill then gave them another chance and another meeting , this time 120 skaters went along , and they came up with the following ramps : 20ft wide 6ft tall spine ramp , with the spine itself being 12 ft wide [ the other 8ft bit being platform ] , and another 12 ft wide mini ramp , plus street stuff like fun boxes etc .
12 Then he gave them another wave .
13 They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt .
14 If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’
15 I gave her another bottle of Arg Nit LM1 with less alcohol in it and she had an excellent response for 10 days , then the pains returned so she stopped the remedy and she was well for two weeks .
16 ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze .
17 The thought gave her another fillip of excitement — her first job for Focus Now , the new picture magazine Nick was editing — and it was a corker , she knew it in her bones .
18 He gave her another of his sideways smiles .
19 ‘ I gave her another of my crushing cuddles .
20 But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it .
21 Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses .
22 Julius gave her another kiss , his tongue lightly probing , finding the well-remembered pleasure spots .
23 Nicole gave her another warm smile and said in that charming broken English , ‘ The young girl must change , non ?
24 He gave her another of those inquisitorial looks .
25 Adam stood up and gave her another hug .
26 He gave her another letter .
27 But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood .
28 Guido gave her another shake , holding her there by the scruff of her pyjama jacket .
29 He gave her another terrible smile .
30 It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area .
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