Example sentences of "[verb] me the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 2 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
| 3 | but I said because you bring some guy , you 'll lend me the room on a Sunday afternoons , up and down |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 6 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 7 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ Bring me the head of the crocodile , Roger . ’ |
| 9 | And that led me the think of phetam , and to wonder again if it really did confer super-powers . |
| 10 | You 've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier , obsessed with money , wealth , and luxury . |
| 11 | Rounds of 67 , 69 , 66 and 65 made me the winner of the Lancome Trophy and a very happy man . |
| 12 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 13 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 14 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 15 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 16 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 17 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 18 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |
| 19 | Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society . |
| 20 | There may well be some truth in that — certainly the Quakers I 've met have given me the impression of being caring and loving people . |
| 21 | ‘ Various people have given me the names of its chauffeurs over the years — , and , but I would be glad of any further information anyone may have of this wonderful carriage ’ he said . |
| 22 | He 's given me the key to his apartment . ’ |
| 23 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's given me the task of looking after your wants and bearing you company . |
| 25 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 26 | ‘ Lord , make me the instrument of Thy peace . |
| 27 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 28 | Be a pal , Kate , and slip me the copy of Gay News you hide under your desk because I do n't allow it in the library , talk about work , Kate , discuss how we spend £5000 on economics books for the university libraries , tell me about how you 're stopping the students thieving my favourite art books , but please for God 's sake , Kate , do n't be difficult , do n't talk about imperialism and marxism and feminism , I 've heard it all before and said it all myself , twenty years ago before I had a wife and children to support . |
| 29 | and erm , she phoned me the night before last for the results come through |
| 30 | 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 |