Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone told me the hedge is centuries old . |
| 2 | Someone shows me the rough of my new ears and nostrils . |
| 3 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 4 | Which made me the family oddity . ’ |
| 5 | Rex asked , which spared me the bother . |
| 6 | Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ? |
| 7 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 8 | which earned me the status |
| 9 | Aside from this , there was an invitation to take part in Poll Tax Bingo , an introductory subscription to a new magazine called Torture , Bestiality , Ritual Murder And Game Shows On Cable and Satellite ! and a letter which gave me the chance to send £10 notes to ten strangers . |
| 10 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 11 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 12 | Er put the next bit on for me save me the job say Nottinghamshire 's Big Bang . |
| 13 | ‘ Will you lend me the money ? ’ asked Elaine , shame-faced . |
| 14 | I 'm just sorry the whole thing happened and the man who must be embarrassed about this most of all is sponsor Matt Laverty who lent me the bike on Thursday night at practice . ’ |
| 15 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 16 | and erm , she phoned me the night before last for the results come through |
| 17 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 18 | ‘ This came from the man who found me the assassin , ’ he went on . |
| 19 | If you send me the money , I think we could get her for $1,000 . |
| 20 | I know we have n't long been acquainted , but will you do me the honour of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 21 | By now everyone was dancing , and it seemed quite natural for Huw to ask : ‘ Would you do me the honour , Mrs O'Dell ? ’ |
| 22 | Will you do me the favour of remembering that , Sara ? " |
| 23 | ABBERLEY : Would you do me the goodness of turning your electrocardiograph around to me ? |
| 24 | A lot of discussion went on between J Walter Thompson and my agent 's assistant , who told me the idea was to vary the commercials considerably so as not to bore the general public . |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't you give me the bottle , instead of two-at-a-time ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why did you give me the map ? ’ |
| 27 | Ca n't you give me the benefit of the doubt ? |
| 28 | Irina said to Franca , ‘ I 'm sorry to bother you , but could you give me the name and address of that doctor ? ’ |
| 29 | Can you get , can you give me the name erm , the rest of the |
| 30 | Er can you give me the name of the father of the child ? |