Example sentences of "[vb past] me the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 2 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 3 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 4 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 5 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 6 | That 's what got me the two years inside , pal . |
| 7 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 8 | The ‘ Dragon-in-charge ’ sold me the requisite shoes , leotard and headband , finally producing a crossover cardigan in a scratchy wool , of a dirty mustard colour . |
| 9 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 10 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 11 | And he either phoned me the following morning or if it was n't the following morning it was the one after that . |
| 12 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 13 | It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning . |
| 14 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ A reporter told me the only dames he knew weighed 16 stones at least , ’ she said . |
| 16 | After dinner , sitting on the veranda , with his pipe well alight and with a glass of neat Old Rarity at his side , Alec Reid told me the extraordinary story of the fortune which he said belonged to Tiare . |
| 17 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 18 | Liese told me the two centres of the chi — the life force — were located an inch or two above and below the navel . |
| 19 | No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down . |
| 20 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 22 | European political union is a question of the heart versus the head , a government minister told me the other day . |
| 23 | ‘ You told me the other day that you could n't remember the farewell party very clearly , ’ she began . |
| 24 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 25 | The Minister told me the other week that compulsory competitive tendering can produce savings of 8 per cent . |
| 26 | A vicar in Battersea told me the other day that when he went to the church festival of Christmas at the local primary school — one of the schools within his parish — there was plenty of Father Christmas and jingle bells , but not one reference to Jesus . |
| 27 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 28 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah Sue told me the other day that er she wo n't come out till she 's , she 's right cold . |
| 30 | They told , Diane told me the other night though , she 's had three years that she should n't have had . |