Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My experience at the Fiesta Club had led me to the conclusion that , on average , a ‘ star ’ lasts about three years before fading to a nonentity and I intended to earn as much as possible in that time and retire — unhurt — with enough capital for a business . |
| 2 | The extraordinary stop-start conversation between Victor and his monster had convinced me of the latter 's supreme dangerousness : given its malevolence , its lying and eloquent tongue was probably as big a threat as its turn of speed . |
| 3 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 4 | I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar . |
| 5 | A member of the Club Animacion Team had volunteered me for the lilo race across the pool — the first prize a free drink — who could resist ! |
| 6 | The ball had hit me in the leg . |
| 7 | If a pollster had approached me in the run-up to the election , I would have said I was voting Lib-Dem , because I had a sincere intention of doing so . |
| 8 | The vicar had asked me in the war to do this and erm I was secretary of that and I used to say er , you know you could only do so much because we was n't like housewives today . |
| 9 | Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather , much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking . |
| 10 | It felt like an elephant had hit me in the guts . |
| 11 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |