Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] me the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them told me the changes they 've put now are so dramatic , there might as well have been a change of government . |
| 2 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 3 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 4 | and erm , she phoned me the night before last for the results come through |
| 5 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 6 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 7 | ‘ You told me the other day that you could n't remember the farewell party very clearly , ’ she began . |
| 8 | You told me the truth . ’ |
| 9 | You told me the truth . |
| 10 | You told me the house is in need of attention ; move and you can move to a place which is in excellent order and in a more central position where you 'll be able to attract more customers , ’ he said , treading a verbal tightrope between head-banging irritation and reasoned appeal . |
| 11 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 12 | SHE TOLD me the story , but not before she had advised me that she was absolutely scandalized . |
| 13 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 14 | for Christmas , and it was delicious the way her mother made it so she started it with me writing it down , see , and she told me the ingredients and then she said you brews the ginger I thought |
| 15 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 16 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 17 | She handed me the sheet of grey paper with its synoptic chart which had been transmitted from Florida just a few moments before . |
| 18 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 19 | Oh , you telephoned me the very next night from Prague , ’ she remembered , as too she remembered without difficulty , ‘ I thought you might have rung in connection with that wretched , abominable interview , but you were so bad-tempered … ’ |
| 20 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 21 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 22 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |
| 23 | She showed me the marks on the back of her knuckles and her wrist where that bitch had walloped her with a rod of some sort , right from the first day . ’ |
| 24 | She was really odd , she showed me the way but she kept saying she would n't come in because she was n't allowed to set foot in there . ’ |
| 25 | Er so I 'm gon na have them but she showed me the small room , what they call the small room , well that was huge well it will be perfect for what we want . |
| 26 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 27 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 28 | I did n't care if she called me the son of Frankenstein . |
| 29 | And then — she called me the Lost Prince , but supposing there is another Lost Prince ? |
| 30 | She rang me the other day and said , ‘ I 've found this marvellous place for clothes — get in the car and we 'll go . ’ |