Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] me [det] [noun] " 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 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
| 3 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 4 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 5 | And rang me this morning . |
| 6 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 7 | 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 . " |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 10 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 13 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Here 's me thinking I woke me and dressed me this morning , and all the time I 'm still in bed and dreaming . |
| 16 | I rang the School of Tropical Medicine in London and told them I 'd picked up a botfly , and they said ‘ very exciting ’ and quoted me some home cures : ‘ Keep a raw steak over the hole for a couple of hours and the larva will burrow to the surface to breathe and then you can take the steak away … ‘ |