Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] me the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 2 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 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 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 5 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 6 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 9 | At one station we were stopped for several hours alongside a troop train on which I discovered the Reverend R.H.L. Slater , now enrolled as an army chaplain , who told me the comforting news that my wife and three children had got away from Myitkyina a day or two earlier . |
| 10 | To start with I went along to visit local parent , Mrs Audrey Durrant , who told me the main problem she faces as the mother of a ten year old dyslexic boy . |
| 11 | Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news . |
| 12 | ‘ You told me the other day that you could n't remember the farewell party very clearly , ’ she began . |
| 13 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 14 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 15 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 16 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 17 | Er so I 'm gon na have them but she showed me the small room , what they call the small room , well that was huge well it will be perfect for what we want . |
| 18 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 19 | And then — she called me the Lost Prince , but supposing there is another Lost Prince ? |
| 20 | She rang me the other day and said , ‘ I 've found this marvellous place for clothes — get in the car and we 'll go . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure what you mean , ’ she stated then , ‘ but you were most definitely hostile to me when you saw me the next day , and that was still before you knew I was a journalist . ’ |
| 22 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 23 | Well you bought me the new vacuum cleaner . |
| 24 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 25 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
| 26 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 27 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 28 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 29 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 30 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |