Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time to fast from it That session with She-She had done me no good at all . |
| 2 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 3 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 4 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 5 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 6 | ‘ So , you came out here at my invitation , but already you had labelled me a reckless fool , ’ he agreed calmly , laughter glittering in the gold-flecked eyes , ‘ only to have unexpected confirmation of your fears last night . |
| 7 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 8 | ‘ I would have signed if they had offered me a few bob more . ’ |
| 9 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 10 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 11 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 12 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 13 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 14 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 15 | And my elder brother , he had told me the same thing — ‘ Babi , you are not listening to us so we are not responsible for anything . ’ |
| 16 | and he said get me a padded shirt , he said , Joycie 's getting me one he said and I want two . |
| 17 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |