Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN .
2 One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self .
3 Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 .
4 The head of the family when I first remember them was William Henry Bayles who was Grandmother 's cousin and the father of a lady who taught me a little bit of music .
5 The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer .
6 The project scientist who sent me the disappointed and sceptical account of all this said that there were shrieks from the store room , but not of success .
7 It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key .
8 And I was with Deborah he gave me a hard
9 Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney .
10 One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot .
11 It was Nanny who told me the rotten news .
12 See the towels she gave me the last time .
13 Wisely , Roxburgh wo n't change it , but says : ‘ By including Durrant it gives me an added dimension and an option to our midfield play . ’
14 Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning .
15 You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition .
16 ‘ I 'd spent quite a bit of time then visiting district nurses and accident and emergency departments which gave me a real insight into the health service and an understanding of the commitment there was around , ’ Cruickshank said .
17 It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level .
18 At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’
19 I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride .
20 Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news .
21 With the usual peasant hospitality they offered me a little saucer of quince jam and a thimbleful of raki as well as the glass of cistern water I requested .
22 And every year he brings me a red rose and a note with the words written : Rudolf — Flavia — always .
23 The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water .
24 I finished my visit to room four with a parting shaft which gave me a little comfort .
25 ‘ Your Grace , my father is but a merchant , and to marry me into this noble family he gave me a noble dowry , eight hundred marks .
26 It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ .
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