Example sentences of "[vb past] me a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 2 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
| 3 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 4 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 5 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN ( STUDENT ) : A bullet just grazed me a little bit . |
| 6 | She also made me a small bed , which was placed on a shelf too high for rats to reach . |
| 7 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 9 | Anyway , that made me a scarlet woman . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 11 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 12 | Promised me a free ticket for the opening . |
| 13 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 14 | Why , he even once built me a tiny crystal set in an empty match box saying , ‘ Here , Kit . |
| 15 | He drew me a little plan of how to get to W H Smiths and that . |
| 16 | Ricci helped me a great deal with the fingerings and interpretation , and also gave me tips on how to improve my technique . |
| 17 | It cost me a two-stroke penalty and £3,500 . |
| 18 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 19 | Another school-dinner lady in Wigan told me a typical tale : |
| 20 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 21 | ‘ The vice-minister of the atomic energy industry told me a nuclear plant was being built to cope with the power shortage , ’ said the defector . |
| 22 | ‘ Our manager Nigel Best told me a Celtic representative from Scotland would be watching me . |
| 23 | When I was researching my book , The Sporting Gentleman 's Gentleman , stories from Scottish keepers , stalkers and gillies , Jimmy Ross of Rothes told me a different tale about Arthur Wood and his ‘ wee Blue Charm ’ . |
| 24 | He told me a bleak story of life out there in the fax field . |
| 25 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 26 | I was very tomboyish and my parents allowed me a great deal of freedom until that magic day came when I was supposed to become ‘ a little lady ’ . |
| 27 | Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil . |
| 28 | They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . |
| 29 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 30 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |