Example sentences of "he gave [pers pn] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought he gave her an intimate probing look as though he was thinking " does she know ? " |
| 2 | He gave her an intent look , stroked the softness of her cheek . |
| 3 | He gave her an unhappy smile and excused himself , flopping off his stool and lumbering towards the gents . |
| 4 | He gave her an impatient shake . |
| 5 | He gave her an admiring grin that was very reminiscent of the senator 's beguiling charm . |
| 6 | He gave her an amused smile . |
| 7 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 8 | ‘ You have the appetite of a horse , ’ she told him , and he gave her an answering grin . |
| 9 | He gave her an abstracted look . |
| 10 | He gave me an impassive glance before , like passing trains in a relativity experiment , belonging to separate frames in the universe , we went on our opposite ways . |
| 11 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 12 | and at eight o'clock I went home and anyway he went to pay me my weeks money and h he gave me an extra ten pound |
| 13 | He gave me an orange card that advertised his status as PROFESSIONAL SURFER. but he was still a child at heart and surfing was still a game . |
| 14 | He gave me an evil grin , knowing just what dissension he had sown in Wavebreaker 's crew , then he was gone . |
| 15 | He gave him an affectionate pat on the bottom . |
| 16 | ‘ O.K. ’ He gave them an incredulous glance and said sarcastically , ‘ stop me if I 'm boring you . |
| 17 | He gave us an official letter to show the military commanders we might bump into along the way , and sent one of his high-ranking aides down to the dock to see us off . |