Example sentences of "[verb] me [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he holds out his tiny arms to greet me my whole heart keels over as if a great wave has hit it . |
| 2 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 3 | As the organist began the introduction , the lights dimmed to add ‘ mood ’ , allowing me my first sight of the sparse audience . |
| 4 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 5 | Mr Brian Ducker , NCC 's Regional Officer and Dr Gareth Howells , Deputy Regional Officer , North Wales have given me their full support and encouragement in spite of the increased workload my absence has caused . |
| 6 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll discuss tackling that lot later , once the platoon commanders have given me their expected manpower availability for the next week … . ’ |
| 8 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 9 | This place has given me my first identity really . |
| 10 | Please send me your full colour leaflet which explains the benefits enjoyed by Friends of Historic Scotland and a membership application form . |
| 11 | The minarets would start to revolve , and organ music would strike up ( ‘ Oh , kiss me my sweet , it 's the loveliest night of the year ’ ) . |
| 12 | she loves me Its one of these quite big ones with a little catch on the outside you know , a little , |
| 13 | Say such things as ‘ Point to a line ’ 'tell me your favourite suit' . |
| 14 | ‘ Cost me my last five bob . |
| 15 | ‘ Eleanor told me her late father was Principal of Brigston . |
| 16 | Told me your real feeling about … oh , about life and writing and things . ’ |
| 17 | The pater told me his former guardians had frittered away the money his father left him , and Harry told me the amount of the salary Mr Harvey pays him . |
| 18 | ‘ My Chinese counterpart told me his 11-month old daughter used to cry when he got home on Saturday nights because she did n't recognise him ! ’ |
| 19 | No doubt if I had responded to Hilda and Annie and the rest as they told me I should respond , as they all told me my true nature , my deeper nature was crying out to respond , I would be surrounded today by love and wives and children and the rest . |
| 20 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ No , but if you 'll give me your spare keys I can be waiting here for you when you get back . |
| 22 | ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Very well , Madame , provided you will give me your solemn undertaking not to leave Roziac in the meantime . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Not only that but , seeming very pleasant and eager to please , I thought , the woman I spoke with then suggested that rather than address my package to Cara in her professional name , just to make sure the package reached you , she 'd better give me your married name . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You must give me your absolute fullest attention . ’ |
| 26 | Could you give me your full postcode please ? |
| 27 | Erm can you give me your full name and date of birth . |
| 28 | I still live in hope , though , always changing hairdressers , praying the next one will give me my perfect style . ’ |
| 29 | Got ta give me my five hundred . |
| 30 | I knew that when at last I was demobilised from the Waaf I would have to return to my peacetime occupation as a secretary in London , for the simple reason that my employers had been paying me my full salary all the time I had been in the Forces , that is , making up the difference between my Waaf pay and what I would have been earning with them . |