Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 2 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 3 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |
| 4 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 5 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 6 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 7 | ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract . |
| 8 | Harvey Pitcher , doing research on nineteenth century Arran writers and painters and especially on the wealthy Muir family who rented houses for many years on Arran , has given me this delightful little gem . |
| 9 | St John approved of my keenness to work , and promised to find me some paid employment . |
| 10 | My experience with organizations of all kinds in many different countries has convinced me that effective value-adding managerial leadership of subordinates can come only from an individual one category higher in cognitive capacity , working one category higher in problem complexity . |
| 11 | ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema . |
| 12 | ‘ I still have a smooth face , a body without apparent faults … but no one wants to undress me any more , ’ she laments . |
| 13 | Certainly , it was quite a strenuous walk — though I can say it failed to cause me any real difficulty — the path rising in zigzags up the hillside for a hundred yards or so . |
| 14 | If you 'd told me all those years ago , I would have grown up with the idea of another mother , perhaps miles away , perhaps just around the corner . |
| 15 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 16 | But you 'll get in that darn cab and stop giving me any more hassle , even if I have to throw you in bodily like the little baggage you are . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a wonderful opportunity , Christian , and I 'm grateful for your trust in me but you 've already agreed to sell me that fifty acres of new land . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're not going to use me any more , ’ she told him quietly . |
| 19 | Why does everyone keep asking me these stupid questions ? ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Are n't you going to ask me any more questions ? ’ demanded Taczek with a peremptory prod at his spectacles . |
| 21 | And if you can remember to bring me some headed notepaper as well , so |
| 22 | Frau Gess has promised to make me some creamed chicken and steamed potato . |
| 23 | When the doctor opened a large book , he countered , ‘ I bet you 're going to show me some bloody ink blots . |
| 24 | ‘ A simple phone call to tell me about the problem would have saved me all this fuss and expense . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Tell me , ’ Harry said as they neared the station , ‘ if I had n't found that letter last night and thrown you out , would you have told me all this ? ’ |
| 26 | Biddy was the most sensible of girls , and did not try to persuade me any more . |
| 27 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 28 | Oh , and you do n't have to send me any more food . |
| 29 | ‘ You should never have sent me that cruel letter this morning . |
| 30 | Nobody else really liked it , and my dad used to say that he could have sent me any old rubbish in the post and I would have liked it . ’ |