Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian . |
| 2 | But Letterman has sent me warm approval of my new ending . |
| 3 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 4 | But when we arrived home , we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin . |
| 5 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 6 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 7 | she says er I 'm er guaranteed , she says oh no you 're not , she says Ruth 's told me last week to take you off guarantee , so they took her off like |
| 8 | ‘ People associated with the council have called me all sorts of things . |
| 9 | The American theme has allowed me additional scope in exhibiting silver and decorative arts . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll be needing some more wine , ’ Elinor said handing me another flagon . |
| 11 | I am sure I do not need to remind you that it is through incidents of this kind that Summerhill is judged and these thoughtless individuals have caused me considerable embarrassment . |
| 12 | The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots . |
| 13 | What my hon. Friend says causes me some concern , in addition to my hesitation about the merits of regional banding . |
| 14 | One morning when I was visiting , she said in a matter-of-fact voice , ‘ Jesus came to visit me last night ! ’ |
| 15 | You should know , at least , that Punch has given me much laughter . |
| 16 | England have only beaten the Turks 1–0 in their last two clashes and Wright admitted : ‘ The manager has given me another chance , now I 'm desperate to repay that faith . |
| 17 | If I know something , it 's because the Lord has given me some understanding . |
| 18 | It does not matter whether I claim that God has granted me special revelation , a unique experience , or an unshakeable conviction which I choose to call ‘ faith ’ . |
| 19 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 20 | " You certainly gave him your version of how your aunt came to leave me this property , " Matthew said bitterly . |
| 21 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
| 22 | Then the young assistant started giving me funny looks , as if there was something up and I should know there was something up . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 24 | that copper man had told me this morning |
| 25 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 26 | ‘ Monsieur Tollet at the sports centre had to leave me several times to deal with queries . ’ |
| 27 | I think this knee has given me early retirement . |
| 28 | This matter has caused me great concern and problems early in the Parliament , but I hope in the next 24 hours to show where my true attitudes lie . |
| 29 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
| 30 | This railway has given me much pleasure . |