Example sentences of "[vb infin] me a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
2 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
3 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
4 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
5 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
6 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
7 | Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private ? |
8 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
9 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
10 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
11 | A child , I feel , will make me a better person and draw the attention of others to my good character . |
12 | I asked her if she had any medication that would make me a better surfer . |
13 | ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’ |
14 | She 'll make me a good wife , do n't you think ? ’ |
15 | Mother would make me a packed lunch ; Dad deliver me to the bus station at St Andrew Square , Edinburgh . |
16 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
17 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
18 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
19 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
20 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |
21 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
22 | It will make me a stronger man . ’ |
23 | Among the delphinium , the snapdragon , the hollyhock and the sweet-pea , on a blanket , by a basket , she will grant me a nostalgic caress — always followed , on Odilo 's part , by hours of snivelling entreaty . |
24 | You have hurt me a lot in the past three days , Bob , and I think you will hurt me a great deal more in the days to come . |
25 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
26 | ‘ You will think me a terrible woman . |
27 | No , I ca n't do it now not in front of Cathy and that lot , they 'll think me a little slag and I do n't particularly want that image . |
28 | Now they would consider me a bad child for ever . |
29 | I would be grateful if you would buy me a small house somewhere , perhaps near Bristol where I can find work . ’ |
30 | He can buy me a bloody beer . |