Example sentences of "[coord] gave her 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 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He cleared the summerhouse so she would have a studio , and gave her the only key . |
| 5 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 6 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |