Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] me a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 've led me a merry dance , I must say . " |
| 2 | We will — once you 've bid me a proper good morning , the sort a woman gives a man after she 's spent the night in his arms . ’ |
| 3 | Dearest wave bobber — you 've shown me a living rainbow . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You have spun me a whole tissue of lies , of course , ’ Vologsky said finally . |
| 6 | ‘ You have given me a whole month of misery . |
| 7 | And they 've assigned me a prolific blighter ( 'lific blighter ) — |
| 8 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 9 | I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one . |
| 10 | ‘ They have given me a special office in the Kremlin . |
| 11 | ‘ They have called me a rotten apple , which , coming from them , I take as a compliment , ’ he says . |
| 12 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 13 | It has caused me a great deal of work , but it has resulted in an extraordinary discovery , one that I hope may prove satisfactory to you all . ’ |
| 14 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 15 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 17 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 18 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 19 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 20 | Erm but you will be in that position , you may be so dedicated about something that you want to do like I did , I thoroughly enjoyed it it 's given me a great deal of pleasure , I 've worked with about a hundred different people over the years that have been in my dance group , all ages all personalities , we 've worked with some fantastic music which er erm we 've had to interpret . |
| 21 | It 's given me a new interest in life . |
| 22 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 23 | Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing ! |
| 24 | Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it |
| 25 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 26 | He 's given me a free hand to buy horses . |
| 27 | He 's made me a new person ! |
| 28 | ‘ He 's promised me a fabulous dinner , to say nothing of what he calls ‘ a romantic stroll by the sea in the moonlight . ’ |
| 29 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |