Example sentences of "have [vb pp] me [prep] a [adj] " 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 | An offshore worker has presented me with a detailed file containing his experiences as a safety representative . |
| 3 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 4 | 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 … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've seen him myself , or else hearing about it has put me in a special state of mind , and all the other factors have come up right , atmospheric conditions , combinations of light and dark , what you like , and made me create what I believed I was seeing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ A very large beetle ’ , she will say , as if she would n't have bothered me about a smaller one ; or ‘ The steps were slippery ’ ; or merely ( which strikes me as cryptic to the point of tautology ) , ‘ Something nasty ’ . |
| 8 | They 'd never have allowed me on a scheduled flight , and this is one party I would n't miss . |
| 9 | She would have passed me by a few feet , perhaps not noticing me . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You should 've sent me to a decent school , ’ said Camille . |
| 13 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 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 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 18 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If people had taken me as a sincere , genuine man who was worried , I think we could have avoided all that has happened . |
| 22 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 23 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 24 | I like that one and now you 've put me in a difficult position cos I like that one , have that one , but I like the lockable cupboard on the other one . |
| 25 | I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way . |
| 26 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |
| 27 | I do n't know Norman 's reaction to Fergie 's story but I can say they have left me with a bitter feeling . |