Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
| 2 | Beating Faldo cost me £90,000 |
| 3 | On the fifth , and top shelf , my books told me stories about a girl with long hair , a strange little man with a funny name and two children and a witch . |
| 4 | Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well . |
| 5 | Aunt Lilian sent me accounts of local political meetings cut out from the Gazette , and her own analyses of the Labour Government 's foreign policy . |
| 6 | One monster brought me water . |
| 7 | The Royal Air Force gave me emergency rations , advice on medical supplies , and a day at RAF Cranwell to learn how to navigate with a bubble sextant . |
| 8 | Certain movements such as boys kicking a football gave me ideas tor the choreography . ’ |
| 9 | My constituency association supported me 100pc . ’ |
| 10 | I would dispute this claim , saying that no one could be archbishop of a golf course , but Nigel showed me family records to prove his point . |
| 11 | The old bleed — overseer called me Jess after his dog as died that day . |
| 12 | I was also charmed that one lady called me Rosemary Clooney ! |
| 13 | The girl brought me soup and then my trout , the best and freshest I had ever tasted , though the potatoes that accompanied it were not so good . |
| 14 | The cleaning lady gave me comfort . |
| 15 | The church warden gave me sizes but did not ask for reproduction pieces and anyway , he only had a poor and partial photograph . |
| 16 | My Creator gave me life , and the profit of it is I know how to curse ; he gave me feeling , and the profit of it is I know how to suffer ! |
| 17 | My next-door neighbour Elsie Dobson told me Clara Orchard took the baby out in the fog and the child got a terrible cough . |
| 18 | ‘ Eddie told me years ago . |
| 19 | Did my bit against Franco till the Italians took me prisoner . |
| 20 | Dinna lay me wi uncan folk |
| 21 | I 've lived carefully , and I 've got some savings — and old Mr. Stavanger left me £2,000 in his will — because of my father , you see . |
| 22 | 1962 was to be my big year ; Pop had me weight training three times a week , my statistics were now 40-24-36 and I was in the final of the Mecca ‘ Miss England ’ Contest . |
| 23 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 24 | To me , the wind in the tree tops really carried stories on its back ; the red bird that came to our cherry tree told me things ; the fat , velvety flowers in the forest laughed and I answered ; the little calf in the field held long conversations with me . |
| 25 | Soeriaatmadja showed me pictures of the devastation caused recently by one elephant in West Sumatra who had knocked down 170 homes . |
| 26 | Victor Hugo called me sister , Béranger called me Muse . |
| 27 | ‘ Sam sent me screen tests of her and some other girls , and I went to London to meet her . |
| 28 | But an architect friend offered me premises in Portland Mews , funnily enough just around the corner from our new gallery . |
| 29 | ‘ Yer niver knew me dad , did yer ? ’ |
| 30 | Bonar sent me word to come to Downing Street where I found L.G. , Balfour , Bonar , and Auckland Geddes . |