Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] me the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing his pleasure at working with TAG , said , ‘ My experience over the last 20 years has given me the scientific and technical background which the modern catering industry requires . |
| 2 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 3 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 4 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 5 | Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat . |
| 6 | Thanks very much Mark , you 've given me the hardest part . |
| 7 | They 've given me the main facts . |
| 8 | Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay . |
| 9 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 10 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 11 | And my elder brother , he had told me the same thing — ‘ Babi , you are not listening to us so we are not responsible for anything . ’ |
| 12 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ An my experience at Imperial had shown me the growing need in this country to find free-standing sites on the outskirts of towns , away from parking problems and inner city violence . |
| 14 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 15 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |
| 16 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 17 | ‘ If I 've got my pants on in the second scene , I think they 've sent me the wrong script , ’ he says . |
| 18 | He 'd tried , the first year , rooming with the others , and had found they still came up to him all the time with their queries — ‘ They 've sent me the wrong costume for Gypsy Baron . |
| 19 | Elizabeth had sent me the hideous paper cover of the Italian translation of A Wreath of Roses , in shame marking it BURN . |
| 20 | Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship . |
| 21 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 22 | It 's lent me the black one now . |
| 23 | But he 's told me the main months . |