Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 2 | In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife . |
| 3 | Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier . |
| 4 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 5 | ‘ May I present myself , Mrs. Stevenson , since I am unable to find Madame Rodet to do me the honour ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Yes — bred from a mare Burun gave me the year we fought the Alan . |
| 7 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 8 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 9 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 10 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
| 11 | That trip back to Winston Street taught me the answer . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 13 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 14 | The author remembers seeing the internal correspondence on this matter in 1951 when J.M. Dunn showed me the file on the matter . |
| 15 | But no amount of reading from the prayer book gave me the comfort I sought . |
| 16 | Lancashire County Council tell me the skip will be provided from Tuesday 30th March to Tuesday 6th April . |
| 17 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 18 | Clive Rice threw me the ball and just said : ‘ Right , get on with it ’ . |
| 19 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 20 | When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys . |
| 21 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 22 | ( The Operations Information Officer tells me the Adjutant is really going to Dhekelia to water-ski-but then Operations Information is seldom accurate ! ) |
| 23 | Section ten of the Fire Precautions Act gives me the power to inspect any premises where we believe there is a threat to life , other than domestic premises . |
| 24 | ‘ As a newcomer to AEA the Strategic Options Exercise gave me the chance to focus on some fundamental issues about the way we manage our activities , ’ he told AEA Times . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |