Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's an inside to things , ’ he explained , ‘ and print only gave me the outside . |
| 2 | But it was n't Jozef who finally told me the truth — which of the three suspects had taken the pieces of silver . |
| 3 | He just handed me the photograph of Sam , then took the letters and walked away . |
| 4 | it was , ten pound , she just gave me the envelope and , it was a printed |
| 5 | just gave me the hint you see . |
| 6 | Back at home , back at school and everything now , I do n't know , she never ever told me the story , she used to talked to Steffy she used to shut me off , and I thought I 'd |
| 7 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 8 | Thing once told me the Ship flies very fast . |
| 9 | And Managing Director Richard Doyle-Davidson once showed me the ceiling of his office where water was seeping in . |
| 10 | There was a story that she had once been married to a hollow cheeked Indian tour guide called Willy Wither who had taken us up the river and touchingly offered me the use of his very expensive camera ( ‘ A holiday without a camera is a terrible thing . ’ ) , |
| 11 | But they always gave me the choice first and put me in a dilemma , though I did n't know the meaning of the word then . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 13 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 14 | He also showed me the passage in Captain Marryat 's Mr Midshipman Easy where Easy Sir , having invented a machine to alter the bumps on his head , tries to improve his personality ; with fatal results . |
| 15 | They also showed me the silver anklets for state elephants ( used until the 1930s ) and silver palanquins , used as recently as the 1950s . |
| 16 | As Granpa Charlie and I always had an apple for breakfast , the arrangement sorted out our own needs and also gave me the chance to sample what we were selling to the customers . |
| 17 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 19 | Whenever a favourable opportunity offered , Captain McKellar obligingly allowed me the use of a boat , and by this means enabled me to collect nearly all the species of this interesting family that we fell in with … ’ |
| 20 | One management even offered me the role of Fairy Godmother in Cinderella . |
| 21 | Eleanor simply gave me the excuse I needed . |
| 22 | Knowing my ability as a direction finder , Ann kindly left me the map and wandered off . |
| 23 | She proudly showed me the size 16 slacks she was wearing — eight weeks earlier she had been wearing size 22 ! |
| 24 | You rewrote the letter after the original had been burned , had your version photocopied and then sent me the copy . |
| 25 | He then gave me the line , in Italian , from memory : ‘ Dimmi se mai fu fatto qualque cosa ? ’ — ‘ Tell me if anything was ever done ? ’ |
| 26 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 27 | He muttered a number of unrepeatable oaths , most of which cast doubt upon my family history , and grudgingly handed me the money . |
| 28 | Agatha phoned the next day and said : ‘ You never told me the Queen had been . ’ |
| 29 | He also hit out about his departure from Upton Park saying : ‘ West Ham never showed me the door . |
| 30 | He mentally circumcised me the day be signed my first pay-cheque . " |