Example sentences of "[prep] me the [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said .
2 It did to me the first time we stayed .
3 This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations .
4 These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her .
5 And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it .
6 No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ?
7 Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’
8 Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months .
9 Fellow said to me the other week you do n't live here .
10 Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor .
11 ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’
12 ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel .
13 Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp .
14 ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’
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