Sentence examples for receiving a gift of from inspiring English sources

Ms Campbell admitted receiving a gift of "dirty looking stones".

Instead, videotapes showed her receiving a gift of flowers from a young girl who greeted her plane".

Barry O'Farrell resigned the day after telling the Independent Commission Against Corruption he did not remember receiving a gift of a $3000 bottle of Penfolds Grange from Australian Water Holdings chief Nick di Girolamo in 2011.

In a sketch that combines a homage to the Python drag-acts with serious cleverness of its own, the double-act behind That Mitchell and Webb Look play prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and his Queen, receiving a gift of a Linden tree from the American ambassador.

For example, during James's visit by taxi to his grandmother's house, his adventures include eating a piece of cheese with a little fork, receiving a gift of a purple toy car and playing cards with an aunt who has funny hair (wild orange with a streak of red).

Naomi Campbell's too-tight cardigan and evil-eye-discouraging amulet ensemble for her testimony during the war crimes tribunal of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, conveyed a sense of moral righteousness despite her professed lack of awareness of the significance of receiving a gift of "dirty-looking stones" from a stranger in the middle of the night.

He received a gift of cork coasters in the shape of bread for his trouble.

At the hospital he received a gift of money from the building tenants.

At the end of the visit the child received a gift of candy.

The San Francisco Opera has received a gift of $40 million, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Or even to Stony Brook University, which last month received a gift of $60 million.