Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 2 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 3 | That 's a good reason for David to give me a lift is n't it ? |
| 4 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 5 | Mother says I must n't grow any more till she 's collected enough wool to knit me a bigger one . |
| 6 | I would just like again to say special thanks to Ernie , Mel and Neil for all their support and I hope they 're gon na be first in bar to buy me a drink . |
| 7 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 8 | I 'll get him I 'll get er Jane to give me a few dates and we 'll suit choose a suitable date and we 'll try all of the aspects everything about A L O work about the training , some of these we 've almost got solutions to ourselves we ought to be careful erm , if we can er draw up a proper agenda and discuss with him all of those issues |
| 9 | It 's long hours and when I get in I 've seen enough shoes to last me a life-time . ’ |
| 10 | I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’ |
| 11 | ( ‘ He wanted more to earn enough money to buy me a present , ’ she said . ) |
| 12 | Mother Francis would n't have the money to buy me a new frock . ’ |
| 13 | We had had our school trial in the concrete playground and I had made the team ; so here I was , complete with black Curtis plimsolls ( I had had to ask my Mum to buy me a pair ) and white ‘ Alf Ramsey ’ shorts . |
| 14 | So I forced my Mum to buy me a guitar — it was just a crappy acoustic , with the strings about an inch away from the frets . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Her business to find me a pretty and agreeable companion , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 16 | We start in ten days and I firmly rely on the goodness of Providence to grant me a safe and prosperous passage . |
| 17 | A little joke to give me a shock . |
| 18 | I 'll get your sentry room to call me a taxi . ’ |
| 19 | Shall I ask daddy to get me a label for my . |
| 20 | The Bomb Circle , my dad 's leg and his stick , his reluctance to get me a motorbike perhaps , the candles in the skull , the legions of dead mice and hamsters — they 're all the fault of Agnes , my father 's second wife and my mother . |
| 21 | He opened the lid to show me a batch of dirty , dog-eared cards inside . |
| 22 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 23 | I 'm just rubbing it out a little bit to give me a bit more space |
| 24 | ‘ I came to see if there was anything in the apartment to give me a lead on who killed Mahoney , ’ I said . |
| 25 | MAKING an obscure joke that failed to impress anyone the other week ( it was about warts and the treatment of them ) I did , at least encourage one reader in Israel to send me a palindrome about them . |
| 26 | I ask him every day to get me a newspaper , but it 's one of those things where he sticks his heels in . |
| 27 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 28 | I just want people to give me a chance to help others . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Carrie , I do n't need a baby to give me a reason for marrying you . |
| 30 | But he woke me up this morning to wish me a happy anniversary . |