Example sentences of "gave her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warren gave her that . ’ |
| 2 | In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom . |
| 3 | It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger . |
| 4 | " But it 's a good thing I gave her that extra lavage yesterday . " |
| 5 | Incidentally , did you know who gave her that nickname originally ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You know , I gave her that room to herself when she came to us , because I thought it would be better , and she treated me like a servant — well , you saw , did n't you ? — and when she 'd got all the fun and sense of power out of that little game she started coming down with us . |
| 7 | He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that . |
| 8 | I just gave her that ! |
| 9 | I only gave her fifteen . |
| 10 | Her Mum give , her Mum gave her thirty pounds one Saturday , for nuffink right . |
| 11 | That intolerable woman , she thought bitterly , had managed to become president of the Tollemarche Downtown Community Centre by a majority of a single vote , and Mrs Frizzell had had to be content with the vice-presidency , which office she declared gave her all the work and none of the authority . |
| 12 | I gave her all she wanted to know . |
| 13 | And I gave her all my power . |
| 14 | She shot him an angry look , but all she received in return was a derisively raised eyebrow , and , when Claudine came back to their table and pulled up a chair with the ease of a spoiled favourite , Alain gave her all his attention and left Jenna to try to pull Marguerite back into some sort of pleasure at this irritating treat . |
| 15 | Their child had been acknowledged as his daughter and raised in his house , which gave her all the privileges and benefits of belonging to one of Egypt 's leading families . |
| 16 | So she said to help Mary out she said I gave her all the sweets and chocolate I had she said so the kids could have something to go over with . |
| 17 | I gave her all the papers , and erm , she said well , and that meanwhile had , spoken to me on the phone , and said she would do what she could . |
| 18 | and she gave her iced buns . |
| 19 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 20 | The Doctor gave her one of his innocent , enigmatic , infuriating smiles . |
| 21 | He gave her one of his martyred looks . |
| 22 | He just gave her one look . |
| 23 | Thinking of badness gave her one of her ideas . |
| 24 | We gave her one of the little rooms upstairs , at the back . |
| 25 | When they arrived at Beaconville , where three elderly people lived together , Mrs Abigail gave her one dinner to carry but she dropped it while trying to open the hall-door . |
| 26 | At the boarding school I went to Gwendoline we had a very good punishment for sneaks , all the girls in the sneak dormy gave her one good spank with the back of a hair brush . |
| 27 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 28 | I had found out that her name was Miss Vulcan and I gave her this information as well as telling her that Miss Vulcan had a brother named Freddie who visited her and that he was a little old man who wore a black cap on his head and sported a goatee beard . |
| 29 | She was always so in control about everything which is what gave her this air of being much older than just twenty-seven . |
| 30 | Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power . |