Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] me a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And I was with Deborah he gave me a hard |
2 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
3 | One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot . |
4 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |
5 | You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition . |
6 | With the usual peasant hospitality they offered me a little saucer of quince jam and a thimbleful of raki as well as the glass of cistern water I requested . |
7 | And every year he brings me a red rose and a note with the words written : Rudolf — Flavia — always . |
8 | ‘ Your Grace , my father is but a merchant , and to marry me into this noble family he gave me a noble dowry , eight hundred marks . |