Example sentences of "[verb] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women have taught me a tremendous amount about emotions . |
| 2 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 3 | Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson . |
| 4 | The sum of the erm I do I do n't , I know , my dad 's taught me a different one to Miss , she she taught me that erm i the , oh hang on ! |
| 5 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 6 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 7 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 8 | Book me a single room at my usual hotel , will you ? |
| 9 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 10 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 11 | She 'll make me a good wife , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 12 | Mother would make me a packed lunch ; Dad deliver me to the bus station at St Andrew Square , Edinburgh . |
| 13 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
| 14 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 15 | back and they were disgusted so they 've taken them down and gon na make me a complete new set . |
| 16 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 17 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
| 18 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |
| 19 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 20 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 21 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 22 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 23 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 24 | Cite me a single sadistic . |
| 25 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 26 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 27 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 28 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 29 | Bring me a hot towel and a ! |
| 30 | These were apparently induced , or incubated , by Gilgamesh , who dug a well , went up to the mountain and poured out a fine meal on the ground before saying , " O mountain , dwelling of the gods , bring me a favourable dream " . |