Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I I er anyway it did make me ill , its it made me bleed . |
| 2 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 3 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 4 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 5 | Yes , in one five , erm they 're practising notes from Eynsham it does happen to be in Cherwell ward and not North ward , erm there is a booklet out about health and housing in Cutteslowe , and I wondered what the connection between , you know , not being on this committee , but these health action areas , and what in fact is happening in housing , because the director did assure me that other wards were going to be treated to the same erm treatment . |
| 6 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 7 | ‘ He did tell me that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , you did tell me that . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 10 | Yes they did tell me that your Lordship . |
| 11 | Oh you did tell me that . |
| 12 | She did tell me some things in her letters , but not enough . |
| 13 | He did tell me some other things about himself . |
| 14 | That 's right you did ask me that |
| 15 | Er now did we get John back or we 've forgotten John now because he 's in a shop serving customers in Ripon and er great take away Indian there very very good take away Indian and they did ask me this would you please play this so hang on . |
| 16 | ‘ The doctor did warn me certain things can happen when the machine is switched off , but he was a good lad . |
| 17 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |