Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when I appeal in parishes Sunday by Sunday I am aware that I meet the very people who made me a missionary . |
| 2 | ‘ I met someone today , ’ she said , ‘ who affected me a little as you describe Deanes affecting you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You know , Holly , there was a man here once who told me an extraordinary thing about women … ’ |
| 4 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 5 | The head of the family when I first remember them was William Henry Bayles who was Grandmother 's cousin and the father of a lady who taught me a little bit of music . |
| 6 | The person who called me a positivist went on to add that everyone knew that positivism was out of date — another case of refutation by denigration . |
| 7 | Thanks in particular to Alan Bosworth ( London ) who sent me a table of Tandon drives and Mike Newsome ( Worthing ) who took the trouble to fax the details ! |
| 8 | This appears , for instance , where Margery first rejects Wilekin 's advances , referring to " " houre Loverd , hevene king " " and going straight on to : ( " I have my lord who is my spouse who brought me a virgin to his house … " ) |
| 9 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
| 10 | BEST BLACK CAB DRIVER : Number E12000 , who gave me a free lift for Christmas after the bomb blast at Hampstead this week . |
| 11 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I rang Yvonne Harper-Wake , who gave me a lot of advice on my diet which was really helpful . |
| 13 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 14 | Near me , in a white open-necked shirt with short sleeves was a stocky , rather wooden-looking man , who gave me a rather uncomfortable feeling of only being at the party because he had to be . |
| 15 | I said my farewells to Salome and her sisters and shook hands with Erich , who gave me a sheaf of letters to airmail when I got back to Hong Kong . |
| 16 | who gave me a bath . |
| 17 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 18 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 19 | My first sortie was on 18/19 August with a Peter Heywood , a son of the manse , who gave me a faultless demonstration of captaincy . |
| 20 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 21 | It was my grandparents who raised me , who gave me an education , who made it possible through their sacrifices to become what I am today . ’ |
| 22 | It was a conclusion reinforced by a subsequent telephone conversation with Mr Fairfax-Vane , who convinced me an appointment had indeed been made for him to come here — by a woman clearly younger than me , who spoke with a faintly American accent . |
| 23 | Who bought me a drink ? |