Example sentences of "[coord] gave me [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 Bend over , " he said , and gave me six with his Pop cane , a stiff , knotted bamboo .
3 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 .
4 I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support .
5 Some were real scrambles and gave me hundreds of grey hairs .
6 It worked well , and gave me much more contact with my audience .
7 She turned to face me and gave me that vivid smile that transformed her already delightful face .
8 She just went and gave me that .
9 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 . "
10 She smiled at me and gave me two small ones and I followed her to their house .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 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 .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it .
15 It got more painful — so I went to a different doctor , who said it was an infected sebaceous cyst and gave me stronger antibiotics .
16 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 .
17 Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise .
18 Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well .
19 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 .
20 Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school .
21 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 . ’
22 The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out .
23 He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted .
24 Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India .
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