Example sentences of "gave [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though his expression gave nothing away a muscle flickered at the point of his jaw . |
| 2 | It gave me quite a thrill . |
| 3 | But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain . |
| 4 | It gave me quite a shock . |
| 5 | You gave me quite a shock . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My goodness , yes , you gave me quite a fright . ’ |
| 7 | It really gave me quite a fright . |
| 8 | Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure . |
| 9 | I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages . |
| 10 | Duncan gave them both a farewell smile and left . |
| 11 | Venality was rife ; the precedent of even groups as illustrious as the Beatles and the Stones signing to contracts which gave them only a penny a record had become legendary : at the end of the Sixties , Allen Klein had achieved notoriety for his dexterous accounting abilities , working for both groups in the role of both ‘ finder ’ extracting hidden royalties from the record company for the group — and ‘ taker ’ — extracting them from the group for himself . |
| 12 | ‘ You gave everyone quite a fright . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 14 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |
| 15 | Her room was pleasant and airy ; a front room , probably the best in the house , and Aunt Louise 's possessions gave it quite an air . |
| 16 | I had already acquired the address from the ‘ yellow pages ’ and estimated that it was a ten mile drive , thus I gave myself half an hour to account for delays . |
| 17 | I gave us both a refill . |
| 18 | Thelma gave us both a refill , shaking her head . |
| 19 | That was the general feeling but he did , he gave us about an hour and a half . |