Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 2 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 3 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 4 | So all Oswaldston will read that , and they 'll read between the lines and they 'll start calling me the marriage-breaker , will they ? |
| 5 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 6 | And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’ |
| 7 | He 'd have got me the moon out of the sky if I 'd wanted it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 9 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 10 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 12 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 13 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 15 | To paying at once , to sharing a room , to buying food for this evening , to waiting in this unpleasant parlour till she would agree to show me the room . |