Example sentences of "gave me a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was , I think , my first real understanding of what being spoiled meant , in more than one way , and it gave me a lifelong horror of over-dressing which , having just glanced through the photo-albums in search of an illustrative self-portrait , I seem to have conquered only too well . |
2 | I suspect this , like compulsory religious education , gave me a lifelong scepticism about obligatory elements in any curriculum . |
3 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
4 | Mrs Webster was very understanding about my wanting to team up with Wendy , which was how I put it to her ; and when I left she gave me a Victorian glass inkwell and a brown ironstone plate , because I ‘ liked old things ’ . |
5 | ’ He gave me a sly leer . |
6 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
7 | He gave me a strange look . |
8 | As the lift stopped at our floor Ira Dilworth gave me a dark look , admonishing my temerity . |
9 | ‘ At that Mr Nicholas slapped my face hard then gave me a solid punch to the jaw . ’ |
10 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
11 | She gave me a weak smile and said : ‘ I might as well go to bed . |
12 | She gave me a weak smile and a fluttery little wave . |
13 | ‘ I was always in a position of setting a precedent , which gave me a definite advantage . |
14 | Oh very much so , yes new devotion , size , erm , it , it in one or two of these erm they gave me a definite feel and to a , to a , it new I was trying to write |
15 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
16 | His wife gave me a rough idea of what their insurance situation was . |
17 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
18 | When she saw me , she gave me a haughty stare and carried on meowing . |
19 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
20 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
21 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
22 | That gave me a good idea actually . |
23 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
24 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
25 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |
26 | ‘ They gave me a part-time job , so they must have liked me ! ’ she says . |
27 | ‘ The sharp blade gave me a close shave in one go , but I also cut myself twice . |
28 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
29 | The man who measured me — he had red hair , I remember — lingered over my inside leg and when he realized I was n't going to object , gave me a comprehensive fondling . |
30 | In a third shop I was moderately interested in one particular model until the assistant gave me a global price for a computer , printer and so on . |