Example sentences of "[vb past] me [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 2 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 3 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 4 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 5 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
| 6 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 7 | ‘ Alan Dysart phoned me a few days ago . ’ |
| 8 | Even , for instance , what you told me a few weeks back ? |
| 9 | just told me a few minutes ago ! |
| 10 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 11 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 12 | ‘ I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons . |
| 13 | Behaving like an infatuated teenager , just because he 's taken me out , and kissed me a few times ? |
| 14 | So I was not surprised when he rang me a few weeks later to say that Dorothy was in hospital . |
| 15 | Monty looked down his glasses and offered me a few censorious words . |
| 16 | As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it . |
| 17 | It took me a few months to realise that my life was changed completely . |
| 18 | It took me a few minutes to get the hang of things when I put the Legend through an amp . |
| 19 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 20 | It took me a few minutes to feel brave enough to try her again . |
| 21 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 22 | At the risk of sounding smug , my ornamental kitchen garden gave me no such problems . |
| 23 | The outgoing doctor — a Glaswegian called Dave Robertson — gave me a half hour tour of the makeshift clinic saying , ‘ this is the microscope for malaria slides , this is the operating table , this is the equipment for pulling out teeth … |
| 24 | He gave me a few quick , curious glances from time to time as I slowly sipped my coffee , but he did not appear to have heard any of the rumours . |
| 25 | It gave me a few minutes to stop and think about what the hell I was doing . |
| 26 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |
| 27 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 28 | One of the main processes in training a bird , and one which gave me a few problems , is known by falconers as ‘ manning ’ . |
| 29 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 30 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |