Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 2 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 3 | When asked what effect this has on his paintings , he replies , ‘ I feel like an Irish outsider , which has given me a neutrality of vision . |
| 4 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 5 | Erm , we 've got a few sponsors , and also a few places that people have agreed to sell the book and display , so Nurseries , Redferns , Malcolm , College Bookshop , Toy and Candy , erm , a bloke from Manchester Insurance has given me a couple of days to sell the book out there . |
| 6 | ‘ Somehow , though , watching you racing round the field like a schoolgirl has given me a burst of energy . |
| 7 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
| 8 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
| 9 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 10 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 11 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 12 | Lee Davison , of Tuebrook , has dropped me a line of thanks for helping to resolve his problems over a faulty necklace . |
| 13 | Robson , who will contact Kenny Dalglish today for an update on Barnes , said : ‘ Kenny has phoned me a couple of times and has told me that Barnes has done some training this week . |
| 14 | My fear has made me a prisoner in my own home ; I go out only for essential shopping . |
| 15 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ I expect it 's Vera — she promised to give me a recipe for salmon mousse . |
| 17 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 18 | Okay want to give me a call after the news we 've got erm a little music after the news and then if you want to ring you can do that now erm about anything you like . |
| 19 | You want to give me a hand with this ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ She tried to spin me a yarn about her husband going back to Poland on holiday in 1950 and being killed in a car crash . |
| 21 | A seminarist has brought me a blanket off his own bed . |
| 22 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 23 | Before he went , Connors promised to get me a rundown on the police activity in the Fourth Precinct following the incident at the back of the Regal Arms . |
| 24 | He has sent me a copy of Tax Bulletin No 1 , which covers the Revenue 's official line for treating such expenditure . |
| 25 | A mole in The Children 's Society has sent me a copy of a letter the society received from organisers of the European Social Services Conference to be held in Kent in July . |
| 26 | Ludo wants to make me a cup of hot chocolate . |
| 27 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 28 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 29 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |