Example sentences of "[vb past] i a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 2 | She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth . |
| 3 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 4 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 5 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |
| 6 | I DISCOVERED OIL pastels one Christmas when kindly relation bought me a large box after hearing that I painted in pastels ; not realising that it was the soft chalk variety that I used . |
| 7 | My father died when I was five , and left me a large sum of money in trust until my twenty-fifth birthday . |