Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another monster gave me some fruit to eat . |
| 2 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 3 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 4 | My job gave me awkward hours and frequent short-notice travel both at home and abroad . |
| 5 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 6 | This tin of Day and Martins metal polish gave me some trepidation looking at the vast areas of iron ferrous . |
| 7 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 8 | His dignified person and agreeable countenance , with the most unaffected affability gave me high satisfaction . |
| 9 | The process of theory taught me how to research , and the substance gave me critical tools . |
| 10 | I got here about half an hour ago , and your sister gave me some tea . ’ |
| 11 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 12 | Your faith gave me new life and strength . |
| 13 | One fellow gave me ten bob once — he was a tram-driver . |
| 14 | After Auschwitz , WIN gave me some hope . ’ |
| 15 | " The doctor gave me some tranquillisers but they have n't helped either . |
| 16 | The forest was dark and low upon me , and only the gunfire gave me any sense of direction . |
| 17 | Yes , where erm my next neighbour gave me some stuff erm , then I went into her shed cos she had erm , some mice problems so dad went in there to have a look round , seeing the poison were wore off and we found quite a lot of old gardening chu , tools . |
| 18 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 19 | Then , like a host who becomes most animated when his guests are leaving , this leader of the campaign against garrulousness gave me succinct directions to Old Aberdeen . |
| 20 | On the question of the dinner circuit , in addition to the point mentioned above , I was very fortunate in that my firm at the time gave me financial support for travelling to a number of dinners . |
| 21 | In desperation your mother gave me some home movies they 'd made over the years , and I watched a chubby five-year-old with a cheeky grin and eyes like pansies . |
| 22 | But last Christmas my grandad gave me eight quid |