Example sentences of "they [vb past] me [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 2 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 3 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
| 4 | I went to Newark and got a job at , a ball bearing factory , and er they paid me the handsome wage of er two pounds sixteen for forty seven hours . |
| 5 | They showed me a new way of life . |
| 6 | The fact that they reserved me a front row seat in the Big Top of their felicity did assist in throttling back the glooms . |
| 7 | They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . |
| 8 | And erm they offered me a green ginger you see |
| 9 | With the usual peasant hospitality they offered me a little saucer of quince jam and a thimbleful of raki as well as the glass of cistern water I requested . |
| 10 | ‘ They gave me no specific reason why they stopped me and I am just worried they could stop any innocent people , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Oh very much so , yes new devotion , size , erm , it , it in one or two of these erm they gave me a definite feel and to a , to a , it new I was trying to write |
| 12 | ‘ They gave me a part-time job , so they must have liked me ! ’ she says . |
| 13 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 14 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 15 | ‘ They gave me a quick sponge down and the second take worked . |
| 16 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 17 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 18 | They wished me a happy Christmas then stood waiting , eyeing me curiously , till I understood . |