Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 2 | ‘ Yes — bred from a mare Burun gave me the year we fought the Alan . |
| 3 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 4 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
| 7 | That trip back to Winston Street taught me the answer . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The author remembers seeing the internal correspondence on this matter in 1951 when J.M. Dunn showed me the file on the matter . |
| 11 | But no amount of reading from the prayer book gave me the comfort I sought . |
| 12 | Clive Rice threw me the ball and just said : ‘ Right , get on with it ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |