Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] me [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 2 | Even , for instance , what you told me a few weeks back ? |
| 3 | ‘ You told me the other day that you could n't remember the farewell party very clearly , ’ she began . |
| 4 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 5 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 6 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 7 | She poured me a second cup of coffee . |
| 8 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 9 | Her nails black , her fingers blistered and nicotine-stained , she handed me a brown paper-bag . |
| 10 | She paid me no particular attention . |
| 11 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 12 | She showed me a large bag made of toughened brown paper with a sealing device at the mouth . |
| 13 | She showed me a little bottle before we got back on the truck . |
| 14 | Er so I 'm gon na have them but she showed me the small room , what they call the small room , well that was huge well it will be perfect for what we want . |
| 15 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 16 | She thanked me every five minutes or so until we 'd finished . |
| 17 | Let's say erm we forget about all that ten pound early and you owed me a hundred pounds , right , and I say erm forget that , just , just take it away , forget it it 's gone , you 're a hundred pounds better off . |
| 18 | She called me a Black bitch . |
| 19 | She called me an old snout , flipping thing is right , like thing like the noise that I 've |
| 20 | And then — she called me the Lost Prince , but supposing there is another Lost Prince ? |
| 21 | She rang me the other day and said , ‘ I 've found this marvellous place for clothes — get in the car and we 'll go . ’ |
| 22 | If you sent me a single orchid , or a pair of |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not sure what you mean , ’ she stated then , ‘ but you were most definitely hostile to me when you saw me the next day , and that was still before you knew I was a journalist . ’ |
| 24 | You brought me a blue card the other week . |
| 25 | I was fourteen at the time , so was she ; she sent me a signed photograph which I keep in the breast pocket of my school blazer until both photograph and blazer fell apart . |
| 26 | Well you bought me the new vacuum cleaner . |
| 27 | You gave me a long description . ’ |
| 28 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 29 | For a moment there , you gave me a nasty turn . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You gave me a helluva fright , ’ he said . |