Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 2 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 3 | ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar . |
| 4 | You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’ |
| 5 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 6 | And he hit back , saying : ‘ Maybe the British Athletic Federation should have shown me a bit of respect and credit after all the effort I 've put in for them this year . |
| 7 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 8 | ‘ Although I must say , Julie , ’ she added , throwing her briefcase down on to a nearby chair , ‘ I do think that you might have given me the ‘ Gypsy 's Warning ’ before I left for work today ! ’ |
| 9 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 10 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 11 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 12 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 13 | And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And she 'd have bought me a practice . |
| 16 | ‘ If I had n't known you could by last night , ’ she retorted , ‘ I 'd have got me a spare staff nurse even if it had meant taking this bloody hospital apart . |
| 17 | He 'd have got me the moon out of the sky if I 'd wanted it . ’ |
| 18 | If they 'd have shown me a bit to , when we first went I would n't have ordered it . |
| 19 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 20 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
| 21 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 22 | Liz would have given me a thermos and a book . |
| 23 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 25 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 26 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 27 | I would n't , it would have saved me a chore , . |
| 28 | ‘ It would have saved me a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think she would have told me a , a lie . |
| 30 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |