Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well I said to her er your mum asked me last night .
2 Just take a look got me little list knocking round .
3 Their publication was a speculation which — so far as it made me known & procured me employment in Zoological drawing — answered my expectations — but in matters of money occasioned me considerable loss .
4 ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’
5 My glance allowed me sufficient time to register an abundance of well-washed hair , a rosy cheerful face , a loose-hanging tweed coat and heavily-patterned woollen stockings .
6 He wrapped me in a warm coat and placing me in the car took me several miles over the moor .
7 Another monster gave me some fruit to eat .
8 But , gradually , I realised that kinky underwear gives me sexual freedom .
9 Having the car gave me other ideas .
10 He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 .
11 Q. Blanket weed caused me tremendous problems in my Koi pond last summer , and I want to avoid the same thing happening this year .
12 The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand .
13 That disparity causes me great concern .
14 ‘ I carried on training as best I could after the operation , but when the specialist told me six months later that I could n't play again , I was shocked .
15 Will curry do me any harm after this ?
16 I was still handed a second to cause me extra hassle .
17 I then retraced my steps all the way back round to Crib Goch because the position of the sun allowed me renewed photo opportunities from its rim — a rim now 40 feet above me as I lay on a ledge .
18 Will Resenence Jeopardy give me some kind of knowledge ?
19 ‘ The sun taught me that history is not everything . ’
20 Signe said , ‘ That man who just flew off in the aeroplane taught me some words of Latin . ’
21 Letterman tells me that casting in Paris is going well .
22 ‘ If a sport offered me 12 hours free , I would have to say I have nowhere to put it , ’ Bromley admits .
23 An oilman offered me fifty petrodollars to blow him in the lift . "
24 ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble .
25 ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’
26 I got a bottle of gin a bloke bought me three years ago .
27 Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever .
28 Using the structured eavesdropping technique allowed me complete freedom to sit and observe groups .
29 ‘ But for God 's sake send me prompt news , Sharpe .
30 ‘ And for heaven 's sake give me that paperknife . ’
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