Example sentences of "[coord] gave [pers pn] [adj] [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 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze . |
| 4 | But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it . |
| 5 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
| 6 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 7 | He agreed , and gave her some ointment . |
| 8 | I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ At the hospital , the registrar said , ‘ No , it 's a sebaceous cyst , and we would n't normally operate , but since you are worried we 'll cut it out , ’ and gave me local anaesthetic . |
| 12 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 13 | It got more painful — so I went to a different doctor , who said it was an infected sebaceous cyst and gave me stronger antibiotics . |
| 14 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 15 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 18 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India . |
| 21 | Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms . |
| 22 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 23 | Even in Britain in the last years of the nineteenth century a high foreign office official had fairly frequent interviews , on the instructions of Lord Salisbury , the prime minister and foreign secretary , with Reuter 's agent in London and gave him selected information considered helpful to British policy . |
| 24 | Mr Fractor shouted at him each lesson and gave him two lengths of the corridor nearly every week . |
| 25 | I pulled up underneath the e/a and gave him two bursts … the e/a was last seen at sea level eight miles away heading towards Sicily with some speed but apparently little concern . ’ |
| 26 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 27 | , . I had a very serious patient er , the other day , and I treated him and gave him six months to live , but at the end of six months , he did n't pay his account , so I gave him another six months . , . |
| 28 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 29 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru had taken pity on him , and gave him some sweeping-up chores in return for room and board and the occasional session with Fat Juanita . |
| 30 | Felix 's wife began to recite her poetry , and wondered about his air fare , and gave him some coffee . |