Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought someone 'd given me a TV set — I was so excited , I ripped the box open and this girl went , ‘ Can I have your autograph ? ’ |
| 2 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 3 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 4 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 5 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 6 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 7 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 8 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 9 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 10 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 11 | I said ’ Oh yes ’ and I saw the and he 'd kept the collar on , and of course he 'd given me the one that tossed his head up did n't he ! |
| 12 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 13 | ‘ If you 'd made me a cup of coffee , ’ I say , ‘ I could have walked home . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 15 | To , to , to my friend who 'd bought me a , you know , a pint of beer I would have said , ‘ We wanted , I wanted , not only annual licensing but also linked to training and food handling , otherwise it does n't mean anything . ’ |
| 16 | She 'd promised me a recipe . ’ |
| 17 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 18 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 19 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 20 | Ronnie 's news , I found , had given me a good deal more confidence in Fringe than I had had on Drifter , illogical though it might be . |
| 21 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 22 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 23 | Skye , again , had given me a unique link with JTR . |
| 24 | Mother had given me a room in her cottage , but was very nervous about having a baby in the house after so many years . |
| 25 | ‘ But once Northants had given me a chance , I did think I had the talent . |
| 26 | Liza had given me a gin and tonic and when Granny turned up it was quite clear that she disapproved . |
| 27 | He seemed full of beans though , and after he had given me a rundown on the life cycle of the polyp , three nurses wheeled me across the corridor and into another room . |
| 28 | After John had given me a thorough brief on the ground , I took-off from Duxford and ten seconds later I was in thick cloud . |
| 29 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 30 | As a parting gift the Keraing had given me a scale model of the prahu we were sailing in , which I had lashed to the hull walls facing backwards . |