Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed . |
| 20 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 21 | Startled Bill , 76 , said : ‘ At first I thought what a damned cheek sending me an electric bill . |
| 22 | ‘ That man gives me the sodding creeps , ’ Sam said as we disembarked . |
| 23 | For years I tried to paint around grasses and tried masking fluid ; however neither approach gave me a satisfactory result . |
| 24 | Mother says I must n't grow any more till she 's collected enough wool to knit me a bigger one . |
| 25 | The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning . |
| 26 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 27 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 28 | The big man gave me an approving nod , then gestured at the suitcases . |
| 29 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 30 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |