Example sentences of "[noun pl] gave [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 2 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 3 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
| 4 | The British Ambassador , Anthony Parsons , a man whose heavy spectacles gave him an amiable academic appearance , was an Arabist who had been in Iran since 1974 . |
| 5 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 6 | Passers-by gave her a wide berth . |
| 7 | Piers gave her a long , cool look and she turned away . |
| 8 | Piers gave her a cursory glance , and the blood rushed to her hairline . |
| 9 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 10 | Her soldier companion urged her forward along a gully , which they crawled along until a gap between two boulders gave them a clear view of the landscape . |
| 11 | The explicit lines gave him a twisted perception of British women , a court heard yesterday . |
| 12 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |
| 13 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
| 14 | As promised , one of the project workers gave me an early shake and I had time enough for a coffee before I needed to set off to meet Jenny . |
| 15 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 16 | He noted that its heavy brow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance , but rejected it as a ‘ missing link ’ because of its large capacity . |
| 17 | On reaching the Spanish borders where officials gave them a hard time , Norman thought it advisable if Minton drove off . |
| 18 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 19 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 20 | Even the lady who stood on the corner handing out white feathers gave him an approving nod . |
| 21 | In Britain the social and intellectual origins of the early surveys gave them a particular emphasis summarisable as generality and factuality . |
| 22 | Despite the record unpopularity of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , the 2,500 delegates gave him a warm reception as he promised a third consecutive PCP victory in the federal elections due in 1993 . |
| 23 | Once she had been attractive , with a good figure : now she was painfully thin and her sharp features gave her a pinched look . |
| 24 | At either end of the village two long avenues of trees gave it a friendly air . |
| 25 | Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape . |
| 26 | And those eyes that seemed to dance and scowl at the same time from beneath their fringe of long dark lashes gave him a restless , unpredictable air . |
| 27 | The rabbits gave them a wide berth and came through by another gap farther up , close to the gnarled trunk of an old crabapple tree . |
| 28 | He held his hand to his mouth in mock apology as both girls gave him a straight look . |
| 29 | Jonas gave her an old-fashioned look . |
| 30 | These words might have had Philip Grey of Warwick University Bookshop strung up for high treason a decade or so ago , but such are the realities of recession that far from stringing him up , CUBs gave him a whole session in which to address the question of Who Needs Books ? |