Example sentences of "then gave me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't be like that , ’ said Mr Pilcher , and he then gave me to understand that for an unspecified weekly consideration I could purchase his protection , allowing me and Mrs Mouse to continue with our musical evenings without their being gate-crashed by him and his colleagues . |
| 2 | He then gave me the line , in Italian , from memory : ‘ Dimmi se mai fu fatto qualque cosa ? ’ — ‘ Tell me if anything was ever done ? ’ |
| 3 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 4 | ‘ At that Mr Nicholas slapped my face hard then gave me a solid punch to the jaw . ’ |
| 5 | Wildcat then gave me a commission for what turned out to be Same Difference the following year . |
| 6 | One of the men then gave me a perfunctory glance at a warrant before entering the house and walking up the stairs . |
| 7 | ‘ A proctologist is an asshole doctor , Thessy dear , ’ Ellen explained , then gave me a smile that would have frozen the heart out of a blast furnace . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , Jim putted brilliantly in all four rounds , finished equal seventh , genially accepted a cheque for about six thousand pounds and then gave me his own cheque for four hundred . |
| 9 | They made me very welcome , then gave me a clean towel and showed me the showers . |
| 10 | He then gave me a slight shock by lapsing into a brief sort of reverie , and saying that if one had ever felt like ‘ murdering someone ’ , one could never do anything about it . |
| 11 | Okay fine , he then gave me , I did n't know , I was on Prozac for a month . |