Example sentences of "[adv] gave [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography . |
| 2 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
| 3 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 4 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 5 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 6 | They put it on to tape and called it ‘ Cossachok ’ , but later gave it the proper title of ‘ Hopak ’ . |
| 7 | So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side . |
| 8 | About to make a flippant reply , she checked herself and instead gave him the exact truth . |
| 9 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |