Example sentences of "[verb] me [Wh adv] [art] " 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 | Then someone asked me where the station was , and she was deaf , and I had to trumpet like an elephant for about ten minutes … . |
| 3 | ‘ In one game in Barcelona , the players asked me why the crowd was whistling . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | three six , he 'll say bearing two seven O , now if he says torpedo bearing two seven O , show me where the , show me where the torpe , that 's that 's the ship there , the S , where would the torpedo be coming from ? |
| 6 | three six , he 'll say bearing two seven O , now if he says torpedo bearing two seven O , show me where the , show me where the torpe , that 's that 's the ship there , the S , where would the torpedo be coming from ? |
| 7 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 8 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
| 9 | Another young man told me how a Lubavitch rabbi helped him when he got into trouble with the police . |
| 10 | Lady Eleanor took me into her confidence and told me how every day , late in the evening , she went down there to see if another letter had been left . ’ |
| 11 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
| 12 | The steward told me how the management , had by chance , come across records of the women 's wages . |
| 13 | Driving back to Aubagne , Alex told me how the rest of them had spent the day throwing grapes at the old German and accusing him of being in the SS . |
| 14 | ‘ The tavern wench at The Bull told me how the landlord glimpsed the young lady and her companion riding through Godstowe . ’ |
| 15 | It frightens me how a child can be made of flesh and blood but decay to wood . |
| 16 | ‘ Can you show me where the cabin is ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You must show me where the boy went after he took the boots , we 'll get them back , do n't worry . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It has surprised me how the British scene has kept up . |
| 19 | He introduced me to the local shoemender , he showed me where the gypsies sometimes camped . |
| 20 | ‘ You showed me where the key was yesterday , ’ she laughed . |
| 21 | Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other . |
| 22 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 23 | He showed me how the items of information called ‘ neurons ’ were filtered by the ‘ synapses ’ . |
| 24 | Well I mean he showed me how er er he showed me how the mallet is operated . |
| 25 | Tell me why the man is as he is . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , shut up and tell me when the Ship is going to get here . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Please tell me when the Ship is going to arrive , ’ said Masklin patiently , ‘ and then shut up . ’ |
| 28 | " I 'll do it again and leave you there unless you tell me where the seneschal is . " |
| 29 | Tell me where the shop is , and I 'll go . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Just tell me where the gennleman wants to go . ’ |