Example sentences of "have [verb] me [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an unexpected rest and it has taught me many things , like patience . ’ |
| 2 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 3 | ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian . |
| 4 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 5 | This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult . |
| 6 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
| 7 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 8 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
| 9 | With only half the contents missing , it has paid me ten dollars more . |
| 10 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 11 | I told you she 'd sent me some cast-offs and they 're much too grand for me to wear . |
| 12 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 13 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 14 | You 'll have to give me those batteries back . |
| 15 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 16 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 17 | During that journey I had only travelled among the Adoimara , and at Bilen they had given me alarming accounts of the ferocity of the Asaimara in Bahdu . |
| 18 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |
| 19 | You 've to stand me those Cokes , remember . ’ |
| 20 | The surging crowd had carried me some rows back from the front . |
| 21 | I was an ordinary member of the Council for that , I had done me two years Chairmanship , and here again , I was naughty really , considered naughty . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got me regular suppliers an' they always come on time . |
| 23 | eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs |
| 24 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |
| 25 | ‘ If someone had told me five years ago that I would be living amongst murderers , I would not have believed it . |
| 26 | If you had told me four years ago that what has happened would happen , I would have expected to have been in pretty poor shape by now . |
| 27 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 28 | His name was Reldresal , and he had helped me many times since I had arrived in Lilliput . |
| 29 | ‘ Monsieur Tollet at the sports centre had to leave me several times to deal with queries . ’ |
| 30 | They had caused me many heartaches and disillusions , and I was determined that it should never happen again . |