Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 2 | Mother says I must n't grow any more till she 's collected enough wool to knit me a bigger one . |
| 3 | I would just like again to say special thanks to Ernie , Mel and Neil for all their support and I hope they 're gon na be first in bar to buy me a drink . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’ |
| 6 | ( ‘ He wanted more to earn enough money to buy me a present , ’ she said . ) |
| 7 | Mother Francis would n't have the money to buy me a new frock . ’ |
| 8 | We had had our school trial in the concrete playground and I had made the team ; so here I was , complete with black Curtis plimsolls ( I had had to ask my Mum to buy me a pair ) and white ‘ Alf Ramsey ’ shorts . |
| 9 | So I forced my Mum to buy me a guitar — it was just a crappy acoustic , with the strings about an inch away from the frets . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Her business to find me a pretty and agreeable companion , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 11 | A little joke to give me a shock . |
| 12 | I 'll get your sentry room to call me a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | Shall I ask daddy to get me a label for my . |
| 14 | The Bomb Circle , my dad 's leg and his stick , his reluctance to get me a motorbike perhaps , the candles in the skull , the legions of dead mice and hamsters — they 're all the fault of Agnes , my father 's second wife and my mother . |
| 15 | He opened the lid to show me a batch of dirty , dog-eared cards inside . |
| 16 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 17 | I 'm just rubbing it out a little bit to give me a bit more space |
| 18 | ‘ I came to see if there was anything in the apartment to give me a lead on who killed Mahoney , ’ I said . |
| 19 | I ask him every day to get me a newspaper , but it 's one of those things where he sticks his heels in . |
| 20 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 21 | ‘ Carrie , I do n't need a baby to give me a reason for marrying you . |
| 22 | But he woke me up this morning to wish me a happy anniversary . |
| 23 | Suppose that I expect a colleague to give me a lift home this evening , but that her car has a flat battery ; this wo n't stop us , however , because a friend 's car is parked conveniently near with some jump leads which we can use to get her car to start . |
| 24 | ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't . |
| 25 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 26 | ( I once asked a gifted student to bring me a setting of the Kyrie . |
| 27 | So erm anyway goes in , I said to him other day , I asked him other week , he says our turn to give me a ring |
| 28 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 29 | In the absence of a member of the Scottish National party in the House , may I ask the Minister to write me a letter setting out , in terms of computer programming and related difficulties , the problems of collecting national insurance in the event of an independent Scottish Parliament ? |
| 30 | Malc sold his trumpet to buy me a wedding ring . |