Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | they sent me erm or sent me a load a load of material with it . |
| 2 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 3 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 4 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |
| 5 | The Royal Geographical Society approved my plans and made me a grant , as did the Percy Sladen Trust of the Linnean Society . |
| 6 | ‘ Colin Todd told me centre half was my position , but he listened to the crowd and made me a scapegoat after a Cup defeat at Aston Villa . |
| 7 | She came and made me a ham sandwich and the maid just look at her to eat it now . |
| 8 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 9 | He rang up the hospital and got me a bed for the next week . |
| 10 | And erm so he reluctantly went down the bank and got me a tenner . |
| 11 | Yes , and my parents had booked the audition for the Central School and found me a bed-sit in Swiss Cottage and being completely naive it was assumed that this was where I would be going . |
| 12 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 13 | As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away . |
| 14 | He chuckled , produced two cardboard cups , and poured me a generous slug of the whiskey . |
| 15 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 16 | Megan unpacked the picnic tea and handed me a plastic cup . |
| 17 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 18 | The farmer reached to the cluttered windowsill and handed me a bottle . |
| 19 | Simon had swivelled back to me and handed me a piece of paper with an address in Theobalds Road . |
| 20 | Later Aunt Louise opened her bag and showed me a letter . |
| 21 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 22 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 23 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 24 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 25 | But Clare was ten thousand miles away , I was thinking as I woke up , while Toma made fresh coffee and cooked me a man-sized breakfast of local bacon-cum-ham and two of the island 's tiny eggs . |
| 26 | And landed me a sea-trout |
| 27 | He already seemed to know a hell of a lot and taught me a lot about living , philosophy and music . |
| 28 | Behaving like an infatuated teenager , just because he 's taken me out , and kissed me a few times ? |
| 29 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 30 | Sometimes he was angry with me and called me a ‘ hard little thing ’ or ‘ a cruel spirit ’ , but I preferred that to being called ‘ my darling ’ . |