Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Fucking what , I , I 'm , I think it was he 's mum or not , some old biddy gave me a right old . |
2 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
3 | As 1991 fades from view , the timing of this issue gives me an excellent opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy , Healthy and Prosperous New Year . |
4 | Some boy give me a single red rose and I 'd say , What you done with the other four , given them to your other girls ? |
5 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
6 | My hon. Friend makes me an irresistible offer . |
7 | Will my right hon. Friend give me a categorical assurance that that order was decided solely on price ? |
8 | But he woke me up this morning to wish me a happy anniversary . |
9 | I want to keep my new clothes on , so the old woman gives me a big paper carrier bag to put my mac and woolly hat in . |
10 | WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION … |
11 | All this talking gives me a dry throat . ’ |
12 | By the time we met I had almost reached The Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum and good old Dad bought me the largest ginger beer I 've ever had . |
13 | I 'll admit that hearing about that sermon gave me a cowardly frisson of fear . |
14 | Indeed , every time I hug him , my old mate , the White Poplar gives me a new lead , a hotline to earth . |
15 | When I emerge from the cabin , Teddy is sitting in a sunchair on the opposite balcony giving me a knowing look . |
16 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
17 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
18 | I DISCOVERED OIL pastels one Christmas when kindly relation bought me a large box after hearing that I painted in pastels ; not realising that it was the soft chalk variety that I used . |
19 | ‘ Or worse still , if he was going to have her killed , it would be a nice tidy thing to give me the same treatment , and Joel too . |
20 | Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed . |
21 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
22 | Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape . |
23 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
24 | Startled Bill , 76 , said : ‘ At first I thought what a damned cheek sending me an electric bill . |
25 | ‘ That man gives me the sodding creeps , ’ Sam said as we disembarked . |
26 | For years I tried to paint around grasses and tried masking fluid ; however neither approach gave me a satisfactory result . |
27 | The British Association of Industrial Editors awarded me the 1992/93 Chairman 's Award about ten days ago , which was a real surprise and honour — in respect of voluntary input over five years , most notably efforts re Education & Professional Development . |
28 | Cos one Tricia gave me an extra , extra er payment . |
29 | She told one foreign reporter that she knew of the rumours and laughed them off , saying , ‘ If my relationship with the General Staff makes me a secret agent , maybe I am ! ’ |
30 | By some freak of natural injustice my five tickets won me no fewer than three prizes ; not bad for a stake of 50p . |