Example sentences of "gave off [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 2 | It gave off a fragrant smell which stirred my memory though I could not place it . |
| 3 | After a while a flickering light appeared in the distance and drew steadily nearer ; a torch-bearer came into view , a girl , wearing a long white gown which left her arms bare ; she carried aloft a burning torch which gave off a great deal of tarry smoke . |
| 4 | The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . |
| 5 | The bed itself had an old , lumpy mattress which gave off a faint odour of damp or rotting fabric — or perhaps it was the lingering smell of sheep . |
| 6 | A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow . |
| 7 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 8 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 9 | This model gave off a steady hum that allowed it to be used indoors without disturbance to neighbours . |
| 10 | Beneath my bed my home-brew gave off a yeasty smell . |
| 11 | He climbed the ladder , holding up a cord taken from the throat of Hell which gave off a red light as it smouldered . |
| 12 | He was utterly amiable and without vice and he gave off a constant aura not merely of noxious vapours but of bonhomie . |