Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cancer has taught me that life is n't a dress rehearsal , this is it and you only get the one chance . |
| 2 | You did n't need to hit me that hard . ’ |
| 3 | They might be the nicest person , but prison has made me that way . |
| 4 | This trip up country has been most valuable , and has convinced me that reconstruction must be our theme more than politics . |
| 5 | But a closer examination has convinced me that , alien though Hugh 's thought was to the main stream of Anselm 's , an influence of some importance can be traced . |
| 6 | My experience with organizations of all kinds in many different countries has convinced me that effective value-adding managerial leadership of subordinates can come only from an individual one category higher in cognitive capacity , working one category higher in problem complexity . |
| 7 | It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’ |
| 8 | He has told me that … ’ |
| 9 | The superintendent of police in my area has told me that , were we to round up about 150 people in the county of Cleveland , it would eradicate about 80 per cent . |
| 10 | Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery . |
| 11 | and so he frequently tried conducting me that way . |
| 12 | Almost as an afterthought , her eyes clouding , she added , ‘ No one has called me that for years . ’ |
| 13 | But on the same score I 'm afraid I must be an a narrow minded urban socialist well okay , I 've never lived in a city but if you want to call me that , fine . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you really need to ask me that ? ’ she said incredulously . |
| 15 | Can I announce that the C E C has informed me that motion eighty four Lancashire Region due for debate on Wednesday afternoon has been withdrawn . |
| 16 | I remembered another story they 'd told me that day of the first snowfall : it was about a hunt several years ago , on a day like this . |
| 17 | I wonder if — I wish you 'd told me that , Alan . |
| 18 | ‘ Stop callin' me that , it 's daft . |
| 19 | The next day , some well-planted flowers and a nippy little spider that jumped quite considerable chasms to get to where it wanted to go showed me that juice was still to be had for Life and , quite soon after , I found bits of myself on a train looking out at the curious modern mixture of silver birch trees growing on slag heaps . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a wonderful opportunity , Christian , and I 'm grateful for your trust in me but you 've already agreed to sell me that fifty acres of new land . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't ye dare call me that , ye bloody cow ! ’ he roared , half-raising his fist . |
| 22 | Finally an annoyed Fidel replies , ‘ Why do you keep asking me that question ? ’ |
| 23 | Leo had promised to ring me that evening in case there had been any news from the hospital ; and I told him my own news . |
| 24 | You 've got to tell me that . ’ |
| 25 | If you say if you do n't think this is for you you 've got to tell me that . |
| 26 | And I said to her , ‘ I know what you are going to say — you 're going to tell me that the mother of X committed suicide . ’ |
| 27 | Were you going to tell me that ? |
| 28 | Who 'd like to tell me that ? |
| 29 | Then last night the police called to tell me that Mum , Dad , Pet and Wee Charlie were missing , but that you were safe . |
| 30 | Now is it only K X that could have given me that ? |