Example sentences of "[vb past] me [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 2 | A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff . |
| 3 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 4 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 5 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 6 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 7 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 8 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 9 | Instead of joining the press of bodies that jammed up the aisle towards the crush bar , he took my arm once again and drew me in the opposite direction . |
| 10 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 11 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 12 | Elizabeth helped me with the flapping chair . |
| 13 | He approached me across the marbled swirl of shag carpet , looking like a prelate pumped up with helium , and solemnly intoned , ‘ Now , lad , cup your hands , here comes the anti-chocolate . ’ |
| 14 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 15 | Ellen had gone to her one-room apartment in town while Thessy was reading his Bible in the main-cabin , so I heated myself some baked beans in Wavebreaker 's microwave , spread them on buttered toast , soaked them in brown sauce , then ate a morose supper on deck until the bugs drove me to the screened sanctuary of the staterooms below . |
| 16 | The Australian representative of the Mission , who drove me to the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney , explained that the Mantela , a Sanderstown boat of 5,000 tons which normally plied between the islands , had just finished a refit in Sydney and was about to sail two days after my arrival . |
| 17 | Some 36 years later I was invited to become Patron of Vliegclub Grimbergen , which honour I took very seriously and when my Belgian friends told me of the threatened closure of this , one of the busiest of Belgium 's general aviation airfields , I could see no obvious reason for closure , other than what only seemed to me to be political bias . |
| 18 | Ranu , a Sylheti woman in her late twenties , told me of the enveloping love and care a woman with her first or second child can receive in Bangladesh . |
| 19 | Er another thing that I mean thought , somebody told me about the other day er it 's an old thing is er gravel drives . |
| 20 | My acupuncturist told me about the broad-leafed veg , and I did n't think to ask him what he was on about . |
| 21 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 22 | He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him . |
| 23 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 24 | Michael told me about the interesting feature in one of the corners . |
| 25 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 26 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 27 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 28 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 29 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 30 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |