Example sentences of "[coord] gave [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting . |
| 2 | He hesitated before her a moment , and then he took her hands and bent his head , and gave her the solemn kiss of kinship ; and before she could draw breath and touch her astonished fingers to her lips , he was out of the paddock and away across the clearing into the trees . |
| 3 | He cleared the summerhouse so she would have a studio , and gave her the only key . |
| 4 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 5 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |
| 6 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 7 | A waiter smiled and ushered me to a corner table marked with a reserved sign that said ‘ Intourist only ’ , and gave me the English-language menu . |
| 8 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 9 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 10 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 11 | The horse , trained by David Barons , was called Seagram — and gave them the ultimate worldwide publicity without the cost of ownership ! |
| 12 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 13 | ‘ One way to get some good blood in the family , ’ Yanto shouted back with a grin , and gave them the well-known two fingered salute . |
| 14 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |