Example sentences of "[vb past] me [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lent me her copy of Anais Nin |
| 2 | My thanks also to Sandra Burslem and Sue Thorne who kindly lent me their word processor . |
| 3 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 4 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 5 | Anyway , he 's alright by me cos he lent me his Porsche . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the bosses lent me his Jaguar Sovereign XJ6 for a week when my car broke down , ’ said Pete . |
| 7 | He sat beside me and lent me his shoulder as a back-rest . |
| 8 | ‘ And he lent me his boat for a family outing . |
| 9 | Finally I saw shapes of valleys , hills , crags , the white flash of waterfalls and then after Bill Robins lent me his binoculars , even houses , mostly thatched with palms or with roofs of red corrugated iron , the trademark of Polynesia , with the occasional roof of startling white . |
| 10 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 11 | Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth . |
| 12 | ‘ You asked me what monks were , ’ he said , turning , waiting for her to catch up with him . |
| 13 | This morning Saskia asked me what sign I am . |
| 14 | He asked me what writers I liked and looked strange when I mentioned Paul Morley . |
| 15 | Then after a while she got an inner strength and asked me what Heaven was like . |
| 16 | Towards the end of our conversation he asked me what use I would make of documented evidence that the Japs in Burma had a far-reaching plan to destroy the Buddhist system of monasteries and monks . |
| 17 | He asked me which typeface I would like to set it in . |
| 18 | He already had my passport in front of him , and he opened it and asked me my name , age , parents ’ names and a lot of other routine questions . |
| 19 | On the third day , I was marched before a prison officer , who perfunctorily asked me my name and address , and if I would confess to where I had concealed the body of Victor Frankenstein . |
| 20 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 22 | She said she envied me my position , where people always did what I requested . |
| 23 | People envied me my birth and my childhood , but my secret pride was that I had rejected both to make of myself a prosaic and common-sense fellow . |
| 24 | There was a lot to do , and Mr. Andrew made me his secretary . |
| 25 | And if I 'm friendly towards you in future , you 'll remind yourself , ‘ That man nearly made me his mistress — I must be ice-cold to him , ’ and ice-cold is what you 'll be . ’ |
| 26 | But then you picked me up , and you made me your mission — and in spite of everything that I 'd lost , I gained something that I 'd never had before . |
| 27 | The barman passed me my Jim Beam . |
| 28 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 29 | Waaagh ! ’ — Jack leaned forward and passed me his handkerchief . |
| 30 | To my mum who along with my dad helped me my daughter , who I 'm very proud of as now she 's started taking greater interest in G M B. To my mum who at the moment does n't enjoy the best of health , who over the years has had to endure a daughter who , er , on some occasions has not been a very great help to her , has guided me through very difficult times , as mums always do . |