Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 2 | Lorna Wood , a promotion activist working for the industry , gave me the full shock-horror story : ‘ People knew raisins were good for them . |
| 3 | If we gave them the five hundred , we wo n't , we are within , having said that , we 're not going to give everybody everything , I do n't think . |
| 4 | The horse , trained by David Barons , was called Seagram — and gave them the ultimate worldwide publicity without the cost of ownership ! |
| 5 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | a derivative of it , which gave you the same high that ecstasy does and er , and if you did n't it from the doctor you could buy it on the street . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 10 | She gave him the gentle brush-off : how could this boil-necked boyo know Emlyn Williams ? |
| 11 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 12 | Within fifteen months he secured a reunited Conservative Party , which gave him the longest uninterrupted party premiership between Asquith and Attlee , the final reduction to a rump of the Liberal Party , and a brief , innocuous baptism of power for the Labour Party . |
| 13 | I thought , I mean I , the fire people gave it the all clear . |
| 14 | For many years we sought access to him and the inner sanctum of his medieval palace , until in 1981 he finally gave us the first filmed interview ever granted by one of his line . |