Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 2 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 3 | And it seems that if I go Steve , right , bring me up a dozen sweets and I have n't selled one of them well that would be |
| 4 | Take it away and bring me about a quarter of it . ’ |
| 5 | On another subject could someone who is going to the game pick me up a match programme . |
| 6 | You made me completely a woman |
| 7 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 8 | In previous years I have n't had a class on the and I thought I had one this year as an experiment and er , pardon me just a second hello yes , that was a little annoying to say the least , cos those students have come in specially for that , yeah , yeah yeah yeah yeah right Oh dear right certainly not well , would it be easier to show them in my office , that 's seven , seven , seven ? |
| 9 | But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’ |
| 10 | He lured me there a couple of years ago to talk to his sixth form group about the Irish problem . |
| 11 | He glanced at his watch , became distracted : ‘ Forgive me just a moment — kitchen duties . |
| 12 | ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me . |
| 13 | My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help . |
| 14 | I did n't want them noticing me even a little . |
| 15 | On a lighter note a fellow worker approached me only a couple of months ago er , the new European directive almost ruined his holiday he then explained he booked up to take his family to EuroDisney . |
| 16 | It misgives me now a little , in the circumstances . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah , and he always writes me out a couple and I ai n't got the money . |
| 18 | of all , preserv 'd me still A Poet , made me seek |
| 19 | Forty pounds for those , they cost me about a hundred pounds those you know , the materials |
| 20 | They cost me about a hundred pounds altogether with the materials |
| 21 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 22 | ‘ What happened was Chester Thompson brought them all down , because he had met me about a year prior to that and we just corresponded . |
| 23 | He told me quite a lot about his experiences during our stay in hospital together . |
| 24 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 25 | I hardly would — you told me only a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 26 | Another young man told me how a Lubavitch rabbi helped him when he got into trouble with the police . |
| 27 | It frightens me how a child can be made of flesh and blood but decay to wood . |
| 28 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 29 | a week and he has n't phoned me once a year |
| 30 | ‘ Let me down a bit more ! ’ |