Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The card told me the rest . |
| 2 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 3 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 4 | Recently my local baker told me the stoneground organic loaf I was buying would be the last . |
| 5 | ‘ As a newcomer to AEA the Strategic Options Exercise gave me the chance to focus on some fundamental issues about the way we manage our activities , ’ he told AEA Times . |
| 6 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 7 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 8 | When a friend asked me the car 's name I answered at once — Anastasia Fyodorovna Romanova , Princess of all the Russias . |
| 9 | The landlord showed me the way to the railway station and off I went . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes — bred from a mare Burun gave me the year we fought the Alan . |
| 11 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 12 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 13 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 14 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 15 | Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review , I ran it and nervously waited for the title page . |
| 16 | In 1238 Alexander III 's father promised me the crown but then he married again and begat Alexander , the third of that name , and the up was dashed from my lips . |
| 17 | George pointed wordlessly to an immense tank of water and with amusement showed me the system for telling the quantity of the contents . |
| 18 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 19 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 20 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 21 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 22 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 23 | A correspondent sent me the programme for the Annual Social of the Female Caseroom at the Ballantyne Press , held in Swan 's Tea Rooms in April 1906 . |
| 24 | Common sense told me the news would break sooner or later , even if it was n't until my funeral , so on first being diagnosed , I had rung Clifford , with a statement to give to the press , should it become necessary , to the effect that my job was to make people forget their problems and not to talk about mine . |
| 25 | The headmaster handed me the chalk . |
| 26 | Then I came to Newgate Prison , where a drunk old man showed me the place where prisoners were hanged , and told me excitedly that four men would die there tomorrow . |
| 27 | Another glance in the mirror showed me the twin head-lamps of a powerful car about the size of a small battleship . |
| 28 | Being in the right place at the right time is all important in fishing , and living on the doorstep of the river gave me the advantage . |
| 29 | One such moment was Thursday night , when a mini-cab firm quoted me the price of a fare home , and the driver ( after taking a circuitous route around London ) tried to charge me well over the odds . |
| 30 | It was a warm , sunny june day in Fontanellato and I was riding out into the country on my bicycle when another cyclist gave me the news . |