Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] me [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll be needing some more wine , ’ Elinor said handing me another flagon . |
| 4 | The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots . |
| 5 | " You certainly gave him your version of how your aunt came to leave me this property , " Matthew said bitterly . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 7 | that copper man had told me this morning |
| 8 | ‘ Monsieur Tollet at the sports centre had to leave me several times to deal with queries . ’ |
| 9 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 10 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 11 | The surging crowd had carried me some rows back from the front . |
| 12 | The robe had tripped me each time I had stooped low enough to exert sufficient force , so I had taken it off . |
| 13 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |