Example sentences of "[pron] gave i a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , this is the real world , ’ I said out loud — too loud actually ; someone gave me a funny look . |
| 2 | Well someone gave me a lovely address in erm mm |
| 3 | He placed his arm round my waist , which gave me a pleasurable feeling I 'd never experienced , and then we set off to the picture house . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd spent quite a bit of time then visiting district nurses and accident and emergency departments which gave me a real insight into the health service and an understanding of the commitment there was around , ’ Cruickshank said . |
| 5 | ‘ I was always in a position of setting a precedent , which gave me a definite advantage . |
| 6 | I finished my visit to room four with a parting shaft which gave me a little comfort . |
| 7 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 8 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 9 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
| 10 | BEST BLACK CAB DRIVER : Number E12000 , who gave me a free lift for Christmas after the bomb blast at Hampstead this week . |
| 11 | My first sortie was on 18/19 August with a Peter Heywood , a son of the manse , who gave me a faultless demonstration of captaincy . |
| 12 | You gave me a long description . ’ |
| 13 | For a moment there , you gave me a nasty turn . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You gave me a helluva fright , ’ he said . |
| 15 | erm was it like erm you gave me a fair amount of |
| 16 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 17 | Mrs Webster was very understanding about my wanting to team up with Wendy , which was how I put it to her ; and when I left she gave me a Victorian glass inkwell and a brown ironstone plate , because I ‘ liked old things ’ . |
| 18 | Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re-wiring of her flat and asked if we have old-fashioned fuse-boxes . |
| 19 | She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest . |
| 20 | She gave me a sharp look . |
| 21 | She gave me a weak smile and said : ‘ I might as well go to bed . |
| 22 | She gave me a weak smile and a fluttery little wave . |
| 23 | When she saw me , she gave me a haughty stare and carried on meowing . |
| 24 | One is she 's very interested in the occult , erm , she actually practices tarot card readings , and what she calls the crystal oracle , and she gave me a brief explanation , which is throwing a load of rocks up a cloth er , but I 'm not going to push me |
| 25 | She gave me a quick look , softened by a little smile . |
| 26 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 27 | I queried it , I mean she gave me a precise figure of twenty thousand , and six hundred and fifty five something or other . |
| 28 | She gave me a winning smile . |
| 29 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 30 | When without haste I reached her side , she gave me a sideways glance . |