Example sentences of "handed me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 2 | As I entered the barn someone handed me a mess-tin full of hot tea . |
| 3 | As I clambered out of the trench and sat on the grass with my back to a tree he handed me a mess-tin full of very tasty Machonachie stew which I soon polished off . |
| 4 | She handed me a glass of cider , others accepted a small glass of a clear liquid that made them wince as they swallowed it . |
| 5 | They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . |
| 6 | But when Geoff Hamilton handed me a chunk of Barnsdale to turn into a well-planted garden , I had to put my money where my mouth was . |
| 7 | After take-off , a miracle I might have thought in other circumstances , the stewardess handed me a sickly sweet fruit drink and I tried to peer through the tight lattice of scratch marks on the window at the Andes , at the snow , at the jungle . |
| 8 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 9 | Her nails black , her fingers blistered and nicotine-stained , she handed me a brown paper-bag . |
| 10 | The postman handed me a letter as I eventually reached my Pop 's house — it was an offer of a council house . |
| 11 | He left me to become acquainted with the religious environment , and then handed me a paperback entitled Modern Buddhism in Burma , which he had edited in cooperation with Kenneth Saunders , warden of the YMCA hostel , and already a translator of the Dhamma-pada , a collection of short sayings thought to go back to the Buddha . |
| 12 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 13 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 14 | It was a costly venture , of course , since Tonga is a very great distance from almost everywhere ; but a glossy journal owned by an extremely wealthy New Yorker thought that a visit to ‘ The Island Where Time Starts ’ could make an agreeable tale , therefore handed me a sheaf of air tickets and a small sum in hard currency and told me to be on my way . |
| 15 | She handed me a stack of forms . |
| 16 | Megan unpacked the picnic tea and handed me a plastic cup . |
| 17 | The same morning Mrs Singh had approached me in the school foyer , handed me a bag full of letters , and burst into tears . |
| 18 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 19 | He handed me a mask and schnorkel . |
| 20 | The farmer reached to the cluttered windowsill and handed me a bottle . |
| 21 | He handed me a big brown envelope , and although he was obviously curious his training kept back any questions . |
| 22 | When he 'd stopped feeling sorry for himself , he handed me a piece of paper with a number on it . |
| 23 | Simon had swivelled back to me and handed me a piece of paper with an address in Theobalds Road . |
| 24 | Duncan handed me a cracked Royal Wedding souvenir mug . |
| 25 | She handed me a bill from the Spring Onion and mouthed ‘ Sorry , ’ before skipping off to catch up with Lisabeth . |
| 26 | The Frenchman handed me an aluminium tin , similar to the one my mother used when she was baking scones and shaking flour onto her baking board . |
| 27 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |
| 28 | He handed me an ouzo . |
| 29 | At the church youth club Christmas party George Jennings handed me an orange squash . |