Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] i [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 And rang me this morning .
3 I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen .
4 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 . "
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise .
7 Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school .
8 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 . ’
9 The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out .
10 Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well .
11 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 .
12 Here 's me thinking I woke me and dressed me this morning , and all the time I 'm still in bed and dreaming .
13 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 … ‘
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