Example sentences of "[verb] me [indef pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's taught me everything . |
2 | Retailing itself has taught me nothing . |
3 | ‘ Madame said she 'd lend me something , ’ Ellie said , hardly able to believe her ears . |
4 | Cos she says you would n't lend me none when I lived at Arthur 's , I says no because every time I lent one at our Arthur 's he swore black and blue it were his . |
5 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
6 | No , I 'm not a vegetarian and it wo n't make me one but they are perfectly entitled to push their views across through their records . |
7 | After the show , he said he would make me one and so I said that I would really like a sort of Gibson 355 , like BB was using in the mid-'60s and I would like my name on it and all sort of things . |
8 | this cardigan was sixty two pounds , but it 's really nice , you know , and it 's , I 'm saying this you could make me one the same |
9 | Put on a sweater , and bring me one as well . |
10 | ‘ Bring me something to drink , ’ he commanded . |
11 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
12 | Yeah , no I never Nobody got me one . |
13 | oh it 's gone , it 's gone from ninety seven to one five cos he got me one yesterday , he went to get that stuff yesterday , cos I spent what twenty pound eighteen pence yesterday |
14 | He has given me nothing but total loyalty and respect at a time when I needed it most . |
15 | Anyway , Jeff had now given me something new — something really important to me . |
16 | It 's definitely given me something to aim for . ’ |
17 | You have given me something I 'd never be able to buy . ’ |
18 | Now you have given me something permanent to remember you by . |
19 | It has given me something to live for . |
20 | Good have you given me something for the ? |
21 | ‘ Well , you 've given me something new to think about tonight , ’ whispers Riva , unlatching the outside door . |
22 | But he said : ‘ We 've had talks and Kevin Keegan has given me something to think about . |
23 | It 's given me plenty of ideas for when I next go shopping in London , New York , Los Angeles , Bangkok , wherever . |
24 | Certainly , the illness would have given me plenty of opportunities to make strings of fireworks fizzle and explode in bright , whirling wheels of sulphurous pain in and behind Miller 's word-jellied eyeballs . |
25 | This week in bed has given me plenty of opportunity for thought or , to be more exact , time to dream — thought is too impressive a work . |
26 | I am the Kha-Khan 's trusted servant , and he has given me everything I ever asked of him : this land in perpetuity , peace and security for our clan forever . ’ |
27 | Rugby has given me a life , it 's given me everything . |
28 | Richard had never given me one . |
29 | Lorne had given me lots of nonagenarian whisky . |
30 | ‘ And if you make me one , Rachel , I warn you — I 'll teach you a lesson you 'll never forget ! ’ |