Example sentences of "[vb past] me the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 2 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 3 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 4 | It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning . |
| 5 | A fisherman unloading boxes of fish , shimmering in the arc lights of the pier , told me the next one was not until midday the following day . |
| 6 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He rang me the next day , was very enthusiastic , but apologised that for the following two years he was only doing German opera — but that he would remember me ! |
| 9 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 10 | The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure what you mean , ’ she stated then , ‘ but you were most definitely hostile to me when you saw me the next day , and that was still before you knew I was a journalist . ’ |
| 12 | He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ? |
| 13 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 14 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 15 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |