Example sentences of "[coord] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 3 | It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger . |
| 4 | He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze . |
| 6 | But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it . |
| 7 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 8 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 9 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
| 10 | He agreed , and gave her some ointment . |
| 11 | Bend over , " he said , and gave me six with his Pop cane , a stiff , knotted bamboo . |
| 12 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 13 | I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support . |
| 14 | Some were real scrambles and gave me hundreds of grey hairs . |
| 15 | It worked well , and gave me much more contact with my audience . |
| 16 | She turned to face me and gave me that vivid smile that transformed her already delightful face . |
| 17 | She just went and gave me that . |
| 18 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 19 | She smiled at me and gave me two small ones and I followed her to their house . |
| 20 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 21 | Well , we were helped initially by a professional fund raiser who was concerned of our lack of money and our lack of funding by er the arts bodies , and gave me this er contact really in the form of Michael Meyer to er arrange and er bring about these three artists . |
| 22 | ‘ At the hospital , the registrar said , ‘ No , it 's a sebaceous cyst , and we would n't normally operate , but since you are worried we 'll cut it out , ’ and gave me local anaesthetic . |
| 23 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 24 | It got more painful — so I went to a different doctor , who said it was an infected sebaceous cyst and gave me stronger antibiotics . |
| 25 | But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet . |
| 26 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 27 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 28 | Neil invited me into his office — the only room in the building with even the vaguest resemblance to modern architectural demands — and gave me some cheap wine and a Benson & Hedges . |
| 29 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 30 | When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’ |