Example sentences of "[vb past] me [pos pn] [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 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
14 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
15 | She said she envied me my position , where people always did what I requested . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | There was a lot to do , and Mr. Andrew made me his secretary . |
18 | 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 . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | The barman passed me my Jim Beam . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Waaagh ! ’ — Jack leaned forward and passed me his handkerchief . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | ‘ Husbands and wives are expected to do everything together , but I felt this cost me my identity . |
25 | Richard played me their record and invited me to the end of recording party . |
26 | The computer told me its name . |
27 | Because when he told me their name was I thought of a girl I used to know called Louise , but it is n't her |
28 | As I ate , Dr Livesey told me their story . |
29 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
30 | A women sat outside her hut cooking some grass seeds for her two teenage children , both of whom were painfully thin and too weak to stand , and told me her story : Her husband had been shot months ago , and when the food ran out in her village her only choice was to come to Kismayo where aid agency food was arriving . |