Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] me this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Jennifer Hornsby gave me this idea . ) |
2 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
3 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
4 | Bailey told me this morning . |
5 | So Parsons got me this job and I used to sit up there and answer the phones . ’ |
6 | Since Siah told me this story about a supreme storyteller , 1 have told the story myself many times . |
7 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
8 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
9 | And one 's been on er apparently I did n't know this but George showed me this morning . |
10 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
11 | ‘ That , more or less , is what Miss Henry told me this afternoon , ’ she admitted . |
12 | The passive is one such option in English ( cf. John gave me this book and This book was given to me by John , which are both unmarked ) . |