Example sentences of "[verb] me his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | Mr Vulcan handed me his black-edged handkerchief . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Why , only yesterday the king was speaking with me , calling me his little daughter-in-law and patting my hand as was his wont . |
| 6 | It struck me that in calling me his heavenly brother he had gone straight to the heart of all our missionary endeavours . |
| 7 | He called me his old darling at one point . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Harvey scrambled up some roughly cut foot-holds , held on to a gnarled grey tree and offered me his other hand . |
| 10 | Of course ’ — he offered me his ingenuous grin — ‘ what really keeps me fit is all that prime USDA beef . ’ |
| 11 | He wo n't tell me his real age , so forty-five is my estimate , judging by his looks . |
| 12 | I believe he has just left me his calling card . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 15 | He turned to me and gave me his habitual smile-implying parting of the beard . |
| 16 | The daddy gave me his old one . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | spent a long time showing me his Dark Crystal |
| 19 | He gives me his tired look . |
| 20 | He did not hesitate in offering me his reserve goalie , the Ukrainian , Igor Pushov . |
| 21 | He turned , offering me his neat good looks . |
| 22 | Owen was keen to show me his new electric racing car set and let me by the arm to his room . |
| 23 | He wanted to show me his new washing machine . |
| 24 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 25 | There was still a good deal to be done : studying the local map , persuading a naval man to lend me his dark blue trousers , and buying a filthy cap for a hundred cigarettes from a Pole working in the washroom . |