Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity .
2 He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way .
3 Mother Francis would n't have the money to buy me a new frock . ’
4 After take-off , a miracle I might have thought in other circumstances , the stewardess handed me a sickly sweet fruit drink and I tried to peer through the tight lattice of scratch marks on the window at the Andes , at the snow , at the jungle .
5 The photographer shot the usual roll of pictures ; the President gave me a firm , friendly handshake .
6 The cop gave me a hard look and moved off .
7 One agent in North 's employ remembered being over at CIA headquarters one day when a call came in to him from North , ‘ and everybody in the room gave me a dirty look . ’
8 ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh .
9 To my surprise , the singer gave me a friendly nod before throwing his head back and tackling the last verses .
10 When I was a kid , in Hull , my father and mother took me to Hessle to have tea with his boss , and I remember Mother telling me that she had stayed up half the night making me a new sailor suit and saying , ‘ Behave yourself , Bill .
11 Then the King asked me a large number of questions .
12 That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends .
13 In a third shop I was moderately interested in one particular model until the assistant gave me a global price for a computer , printer and so on .
14 but just being on the bench gives me the tiniest little bit of hope …
15 Raising a hand to put an end to these blows the woman gave me a warm smile .
16 I just stay there , squatting down and the woman gives me a funny look and tugs the little girl 's hand and they walk round me and go off down the road .
17 The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again .
18 I thought , in my anxious state , that the orderly gave me a funny look as he left me there .
19 The mirror showed me a youngish man , perhaps a little thin and no more than average height — whatever average is in a galaxy overflowing with exters and mutant humans .
20 Training in the choir gave me a fine knowledge of the Psalms , though I must say that none of us choir boys looked forward to the fifteenth evening of the month when the set psalm had no less than seventy-three verses .
21 The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’
22 I remember being unable to connect those grainy breasts and pubic hair with anything in my own life — flesh , for instance — but the image gave me a mysterious frisson which I mistakenly took for sex .
23 The fellow gave me a world-weary look and shook his head .
24 The Minister told me the other week that compulsory competitive tendering can produce savings of 8 per cent .
25 So , with flight planning filed , mostly mentally , I sat back and waited for the weather to give me a perfect day .
26 A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another .
27 When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God .
28 ‘ I do n't usually let a bloke kiss me the first time , ’ she said .
29 A friend knitted me a fabulous Nordic jumper , which immediately took on the status of security blanket .
30 A reporter told me the only dames he knew weighed 16 stones at least , ’ she said .
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