Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 10 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 11 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 12 | The mascara , coupled with the face-gleamer , all running in a southerly direction gave me the interesting look of a woman behind bars . |
| 13 | Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography . |
| 14 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 15 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 18 | Well when that Joe and Annie got married Joe gave me the little purse with a threepenny bit in . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Sweden 's 7-5 win over France gave them the overall title by virtue of more individual wins , because while France enjoyed victories over Italy and Scotland , the unbeaten Swedes halved their contests against the same opposition . |
| 21 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 22 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 23 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |
| 24 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 25 | Furthermore , their ascendancy accompanied the severest phase of the recession , which gave them the added incentive to try something different as some of their own areas were among the hardest hit . |
| 26 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 27 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 28 | So I just gave them the statutory amount per tape |
| 29 | So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side . |
| 30 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |