Example sentences of "[to-vb] me the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh yes , and would you be so kind as to fetch me The Economist from the table over there ? ’ |
| 2 | He slapped a £10 note on the table : " That 's all that 's left to last me the rest of the fortnight . " |
| 3 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Stapleton told me that he could not allow any other man to give me the money for my divorce , ’ Mrs Lyons said . |
| 5 | Right facing this way Simon can you turn round as well please , Robert Right the first game very easy , I 'm going to point to somebody , we 're going to go through the alphabet , they 're going to give me the name of an animal . |
| 6 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 7 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 9 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 11 | In the same year , 1741 , Christie was also pressing Lord Milton to exert his influence with the colonel of the Highland Regiment ‘ to give me the Cloathing of that Regiment for the incouradgement of our Scots manufactorys … this jobb wou 'd employ many poor familys in the country … ’ |
| 12 | It 's really rather curious how although David was happy to give me the names of these various lab magazines , lab equipment things , erm , he was very chary of sending me er copy of his own production . |
| 13 | One or two of my friends made it their business to send me the cutting from the Paternoster Review . |
| 14 | If I have a shade card for that particular yarn I write the tension on that too , to save me the bother of knitting another tension swatch when I next come to use the yarn . |
| 15 | When I arrived , the King of Blefuscu sent two guides to show me the way to the capital . |
| 16 | ‘ But he 's kindly offered to lend me the flat for a while , until I can find something more permanent . ’ |
| 17 | the condition is there must be at least of 'em who are prepared to go , to bring me the money for the registration |
| 18 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 19 | He began to tell me the difficulties of his life at home , and finally he told me that he had tried more than once to find a home with another brother or sister , but they had persuaded him to return to Cis and Elfed . |
| 20 | ‘ To answer that , ’ the old man said , ‘ I need you to tell me the story of your girlhood . |
| 21 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |
| 22 | Still , I managed to get her to tell me the name of the hospital , and then I spent my entire lunchtime talking to the doctors there who treated Ryan . |
| 23 | ‘ Ernestine , however , failed to tell me the identity of the guest . |
| 24 | ‘ You wo n't be able to tell me the height of the Sistine Chapel ? ’ |
| 25 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 26 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |