Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] me the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 3 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 4 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 5 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 6 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 7 | Regretfully , the young gentleman told him that he had quoted me the price to the trade , and for a retail sale it would be slightly more expensive , i.e. £36 plus VAT . |
| 8 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 9 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |