Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 4 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |
| 6 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 7 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 8 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 9 | ‘ Royal Gait gave me the best day of my racing career at Cheltenham last March , ’ he added . |
| 10 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 11 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 12 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 13 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 14 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 15 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 16 | The mascara , coupled with the face-gleamer , all running in a southerly direction gave me the interesting look of a woman behind bars . |
| 17 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 18 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |
| 19 | Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography . |
| 20 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 21 | ‘ No one ever gave me the slightest inkling that they thought any different than me at the recording sessions and things like that . |
| 22 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
| 23 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 24 | The Post Office Records section at St Martin's-le-Grand has ample files on the Electrophone , and Roy Jones , the official in charge there , gave me the gratifying impression that his one pleasure in life was to make them available to me — in comfort , in a reading room next to his office . |
| 25 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 26 | Well when that Joe and Annie got married Joe gave me the little purse with a threepenny bit in . |
| 27 | I might have returned to match fishing , which never gave me the same enjoyment , even when I won , that a big fish always does , and , I hope , always will . |
| 28 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 29 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |
| 30 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |