Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 32 | He gave her the gleaming smile she detested . |
| 33 | He gave her the slowest , steadiest smile he could manage . |
| 34 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 35 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 36 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 37 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 38 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 39 | He gave us the following answers : |
| 40 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 41 | It gave her the uncomfortable feeling of being turned inside out for better examination . |
| 42 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 43 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 44 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 45 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 46 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |