Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] me the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 2 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 3 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 5 | Sir , I thanke you , but I thynke I might the better doo it , if you did showe me the woorkinge of it . |
| 6 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 7 | She had told me the tunnels had now been connected up and the workmen used the subway constantly as a private short cut . |
| 8 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have had no hassle from the other women but the prison guards at Risley were awful , they kept calling me the Duchess , ’ she says with a touch of nastiness . |
| 10 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 11 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 13 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 14 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 15 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 16 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 17 | Regretfully , the young gentleman told him that he had quoted me the price to the trade , and for a retail sale it would be slightly more expensive , i.e. £36 plus VAT . |
| 18 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 19 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |