Example sentences of "and give i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |
| 2 | On miserable days when both of us were low , he would delve into the depths of a pannier and give me a mini Mars bar or some peanuts . |
| 3 | And when he would arrive from Barnard Castle with a heavy load of shopping on a bicycle and give me a nice round bun he would buy as a special treat from a shop called Guy 's . |
| 4 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 5 | I spent most of it attempting to get close enough to him so he could spike my other shin and give me a matching pair . |
| 6 | I suppose I thought she 'd either be fantastically frosty and sit on one of those little gilt chairs with a fancy gilt mirror behind her , or else be quite fat and red-faced and come in from the stove holding a wooden spoon and give me a huge embrace smelling of garlic and stockpot . |
| 7 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 8 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 9 | Go on , God damn it , and give me the right stuff this time around . " |
| 10 | Being the only Leeds fan in a London inner city school with Alan Clarks famous speach about bring Success to Leeds in 3 Years , is causing me to go into cold shivers and giving me a pessimistic mood about the new season , I can still remember the years of telling school friends at the end of each season that we are rebuilding and that we would come up the next season . |
| 11 | ANDY ORKNEY ( Old Applejack ) : ‘ He jumped really well and gave me a tremendous ride . |
| 12 | He read my amusement and gave me a twisted grin . |
| 13 | The man turned and gave me a friendly nod , before taking up a small piece of wood with pencil markings on it . |
| 14 | He tucked the phone between chin and shoulder and gave me a friendly salute , but did n't pause in his recitation of copy . |
| 15 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
| 16 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |
| 17 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 18 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 19 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 20 | She was applying her eyeshadow , thick and purple on the tip of her little finger , and gave me a quick sideways look in the glass . |
| 21 | The owner was thrilled at my interest and gave me a guided tour of the premises , he gave his permission for these photographs to be taken and included in our magazine . |
| 22 | Then she half rose from the desk , leaned across and gave me a dead fish handshake , and with a glazed stare directed somewhere over my left shoulder , she rattled out , all in one breath and with no punctuation , ‘ Thankyouverymuchforallyouhavedonegoodbye . ’ |
| 23 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 24 | He glanced across the table , saw me smiling , interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink . |
| 25 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 26 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 27 | He opened up more the love of God to me and gave me a livelier apprehension of the Mystery of Redemption and how much I am beholden to Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Robina ! ’ she said , and gave me a big hug . |
| 29 | She raised an eyebrow at me and gave me a wry smile . |
| 30 | She opened her mouth and closed it again and gave me a hard look . |