Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] me [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She thinks that being a crime writer makes me a detective as well .
2 An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward .
3 ‘ I seriously thought of studying English literature — or becoming a cook ! ’ he told me with a laugh , ‘ but then Imperial College London offered me a place in mathematics . ’
4 The Mandarin Group offered me a package I could n't refuse . ’
5 I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’
6 I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that !
7 ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't .
8 ‘ If some mad rock'n'roll kid sends me a tape , he 's got it all wrong . ’
9 ‘ Yes — bred from a mare Burun gave me the year we fought the Alan .
10 And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign .
11 On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time .
12 I 'll get your sentry room to call me a taxi . ’
13 One day Mike passed me a demo record .
14 After more enquiries , a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read .
15 ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living .
16 So , for example , a 44-year-old man maintained that sex taunts drove him to strangle his wife , which produced the headline SEX JIBE MADE ME A KILLER ( Daily Mirror ) .
17 Well if not , my next door nei my next door neighbour gives me a lift up .
18 But no amount of reading from the prayer book gave me the comfort I sought .
19 Lancashire County Council tell me the skip will be provided from Tuesday 30th March to Tuesday 6th April .
20 I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything !
21 It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price .
22 When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys .
23 ( The Operations Information Officer tells me the Adjutant is really going to Dhekelia to water-ski-but then Operations Information is seldom accurate ! )
24 She occasionally contacted me , and for a Christmas present gave me a photograph of Balbinder taken at school and made into a calendar .
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