Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the porters nips out every day at five thirty to the off-licence and gets me a cold one . ’ |
| 2 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 3 | Barbara takes off her shirt and wraps a blue chiffon nightie around her waist ; while Elena is in the loo , she opens her purse and shows me a picture of her six-year-old daughter . |
| 4 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 5 | Put me on the terrace and mix me a Singapore Sling ! ’ |
| 6 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 7 | And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up . |
| 8 | This , of course , relieves a lot of unnecessary muscle tension and teaches me a way of restoring the completeness of the body in a relaxed and coordinated way that had been lost in my early childhood . |
| 9 | Megan unpacked the picnic tea and handed me a plastic cup . |
| 10 | ‘ I always walked the seven miles home , but that day the Old Man and Peter Revers came past in the car and offered me a lift . |
| 11 | ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said . |
| 12 | So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 14 | I do not remember much about my father — just odd memories , like when he would lift me up on his horse and give me a ride . |
| 15 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 16 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 17 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 18 | She heard that : — — Papa is grown stout and has need of bigger trousers but Mama cries he is more handsome than ever and so do I. I have little time my Lily to write because I am put to Latin with the Abbe which is sore hard work and gives me the headache . |
| 19 | He straightens up his mac and gives me a real serious look . |
| 20 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |
| 21 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 22 | The little maid is sedate as a judge and reminds me every day of her mother . |
| 23 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 24 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 25 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 26 | There was a pause , then he said , ‘ Well now , would you be very kind and go down to the cabin and fetch me a bottle of wine , Jim ? |
| 27 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 28 | Thank you to the person who arrived unknowingly on my doorstep and gave me a really sympathetic cuddle while I cried for 10 minutes ( ? ) in relief that I had misunderstood the doctor . |
| 29 | I spent most of it attempting to get close enough to him so he could spike my other shin and give me a matching pair . |
| 30 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |