Example sentences of "me a large [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Got me a large strap for it .
2 Simply send me a large cheque and I will provide you with the ordnance survey co-ordinates of its last sighting .
3 ‘ Do n't hesitate to offer me a large drink ! ’ she squeaks , as she climbs out of her car one sultry afternoon , and they all emerge from the house , astonished , Howard and the boys stripped to the waist .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I 'd gone through three packets of tissues from the canteen , and a flunkey had been dispatched to Underwoods to buy me a large box of Men 's Size .
7 She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth .
8 Then the King asked me a large number of questions .
9 Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’
10 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 .
11 W would you go and get me a large pack of
12 My father died when I was five , and left me a large sum of money in trust until my twenty-fifth birthday .
13 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 .
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