Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] me [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The HMSO told me to phone Brussels . |
| 3 | Several times Miss Havisham ordered me to bring Estella to visit her , and of course I always obeyed . |
| 4 | Mr asked me to come Wednesday when you went . |
| 5 | " Just before we left Iran , the Shah asked me to call Sadat , but the telephone was on strike , the telex also . |
| 6 | When I reported this to Control , Donleavy told me to warn Hurley , who told me to mind my own business . |
| 7 | I did not hear the sailor 's words , but Lachlan forbade me to waken Hector , he said the morning would do for the news . |
| 8 | Oh Billy told me to say Billy told me to say something and he rang us . |
| 9 | This was another Quaker , John Fothergill ( 1712–1780 ) , who wrote to Linnaeus in 1774 : ‘ Our Collinson taught me to love flowers and who that shared his comradeship could do no other than cultivate plants ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Simply because Rob wanted me to meet Heather . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Ipuky wanted me to join forces with him , but I decided to leave matters in the hands of the authorities . |
| 12 | ‘ That Francis expected me to buy Sleet from Leon . ’ |
| 13 | Refreshed and a little more composed after my love tryst , I went back to Richmond where Benjamin asked me to accompany Southgate to collect stores from the Tower . |
| 14 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |
| 15 | Cob Bevan made me loathe Latin , and as a result of his tuition Latin verse remained incomprehensible to me . |
| 16 | As wagtails flittered over the swimming pool , Jack Mitchell heard me admire Butch and lectured me sternly . |
| 17 | MY HUSBAND Leslie taught me to play golf when I was about 20 . |
| 18 | I went there for the clothing , because Antoinette wanted me to take photographs . |