Example sentences of "[verb] me his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | Mr Vulcan handed me his black-edged handkerchief . |
| 6 | Friend of mine , I had a beer with in the week , showed me his new car , and he said the big irritation is it does n't centrally lock , having been used to it . |
| 7 | During one of the hold-ups in play in the Centenary Test at Lord 's in 1980 , I met a splendid young man ( then aged about 14 ) from Yorkshire , who showed me his foolscap-size autograph book , beautifully kept , with separate pages for each country and county , adorned with photographs , magazine pictures , statistics and coloured inks . |
| 8 | However , a few months ago , a friend showed me his latest acquisition , the all-singing-all-dancing computer which did just about everything except dive for you . |
| 9 | They gave each other presents at the Hanukha-Christmas festival , and the rector showed me his latest gift , a book with the inscription ‘ To my friend the rector , from his friend , the rabbi ’ . |
| 10 | Why , only yesterday the king was speaking with me , calling me his little daughter-in-law and patting my hand as was his wont . |
| 11 | It struck me that in calling me his heavenly brother he had gone straight to the heart of all our missionary endeavours . |
| 12 | He was standing in the doorway , giving me his intensest look . |
| 13 | He called me his old darling at one point . |
| 14 | Always out for a laugh , I mentioned that his volumes of ‘ free verse ’ were costing me up to $2. per copy , and he promised to send me his next book . |
| 15 | He offered me his spare bed for the night , but I could not stand the stench of the creek , and I wanted to make an early start on the work I had to do on Wavebreaker , so I caught the bus to McIllvanney 's boatyard . |
| 16 | Harvey scrambled up some roughly cut foot-holds , held on to a gnarled grey tree and offered me his other hand . |
| 17 | Of course ’ — he offered me his ingenuous grin — ‘ what really keeps me fit is all that prime USDA beef . ’ |
| 18 | You can tell me his first name , though , ca n't you ? |
| 19 | He wo n't tell me his real age , so forty-five is my estimate , judging by his looks . |
| 20 | I believe he has just left me his calling card . ’ |
| 21 | Later that night , drinking champagne at the first night party , he gave me his usual disclaimers ; how it was all an illusion , everything was an illusion , all life was an illusion , and how he , Sir Tom , was the master of illusion , but how his dear children were real because they alone could not be spawned from the imagination . |
| 22 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 23 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 24 | He turned to me and gave me his habitual smile-implying parting of the beard . |
| 25 | He also gave me his own way of planning little dialogues , and his technique of distinguishing the three tones of the language , which could alter the meaning of what looked to an English eye to be the same word , often with unexpected , humorous or even disastrous effect . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , Jim putted brilliantly in all four rounds , finished equal seventh , genially accepted a cheque for about six thousand pounds and then gave me his own cheque for four hundred . |
| 27 | The daddy gave me his old one . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 29 | spent a long time showing me his Dark Crystal |
| 30 | He gives me his tired look . |