Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] me the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning . |
| 2 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 3 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 5 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
| 6 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 7 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 8 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 9 | He was a long distance lorry driver but he knew how to dress and taught me the golden rule ‘ Do n't mix your stripes ’ . ’ |
| 10 | Abraham bought me new clothes , gave me a new place to live , and sent me the finest food . |
| 11 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 12 | A waiter smiled and ushered me to a corner table marked with a reserved sign that said ‘ Intourist only ’ , and gave me the English-language menu . |
| 13 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 14 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 15 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 17 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |