Example sentences of "[vb pp] me [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 2 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 3 | I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way . |
| 4 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 7 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 8 | When has anyone among you seen me with a gloomy face ? |
| 9 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 10 | An offshore worker has presented me with a detailed file containing his experiences as a safety representative . |
| 11 | It has , for example , turned me into a complete Danny Baker fan . |
| 12 | The minister was told plainly that ‘ the election of a member of parliament , and other publick services , has drawn me into a great deall of expence , and no small trouble … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Madam , I must tell you , ’ I replied , ‘ that since he found me , my master has used me as an easy way of making money for himself . |
| 14 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |
| 15 | I do n't deserve that forgiveness , but the God who loves me who has actually died on the cross for me has actually taken all of that away and more than that has made me new , has actually raised me as a new life with him . |
| 16 | They had provided me with a small team of assistants and advisers , and a more agreeable collection of people one could not have found . |
| 17 | However , my secretary , ex-pupil Peter Vroomking , was to have provided me with a typed list , which has not materialised … on the other hand , Peter has recently been discovering himself as a human being … and I am sure those of you who are still here will wish to join me in congratulating … could somebody stop that door banging ? |
| 18 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 19 | I suppose that because she had n't really known me from an early age , she made a tremendous effort to get to know me later . |
| 20 | He had previously appointed me as an examining chaplain , as most of the duties involved were in connection with the ordination of European clergy . |
| 21 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 22 | The old eunuch fixed me with a sharp eye . |
| 23 | Iii case this book should be read by some fundamentalist searching for straws to prop up his prejudices , let me state categorically that all my experience ( such as it is ) has led me to an unqualified acceptance of evolution by natural selection as a sufficient explanation for what I have seen in the fossil record . |
| 24 | A young , innocent man , very knowledgeable about ferrets , the driver had led me across a scrubby field that led to the riverbank and had then triumphantly pointed to a weathered stone below a thorn bush . |
| 25 | I was slumped against him , almost fainting , conscious only that he had led me behind a red-brick loggia , obviously so that we would be out of sight of the people in the main concourse while he dispatched me . |
| 26 | I do n't know Norman 's reaction to Fergie 's story but I can say they have left me with a bitter feeling . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I did that , ’ she told him flatly , ‘ but if that was your intention which I doubt , do n't you think it might have been kinder to have left me with a few illusions ? ’ |
| 28 | He had never taken me to an Anglican church , he never read the Bible . |
| 29 | The suppressed anger in the tone of Emily Lightbody 's departing heeltips afflicted me with a premonitory dread . |
| 30 | They 'd never have allowed me on a scheduled flight , and this is one party I would n't miss . |