Example sentences of "you [verb] me a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | You show me a tweed-skirted twinset and pearl wearer , and I guarantee there 's a scarlet bustier pulsating beneath . |
| 5 | Can you do me a small favour ? ’ |
| 6 | Can you do me a little exercise first just to er write down write down what erm of what we 're trying to reveal . |
| 7 | ‘ Frank , could you do me a big favour and see if you can find who this guy Azul is ? ’ |
| 8 | Can you give me a little help ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why could n't you give me a nice drop of port ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Could you give me a half a day 's holiday tomorrow , Joe ? |
| 11 | ‘ Can you give me a double room for a couple of nights ? ’ he asked the ancient receptionist . |
| 12 | Could you give me a few examples ? |
| 13 | Can you give me a few examples ? |
| 14 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 15 | Could you give me a brief resume of the work involved . |
| 16 | ‘ Will you give me an exclusive interview ? ’ |
| 17 | Can you send me a recent photo of you , pweeese ! |
| 18 | ‘ Would you show me a little bit of this and a little bit of that ? |
| 19 | Even , for instance , what you told me a few weeks back ? |
| 20 | ‘ I said , ’ Daffodil said to me distinctly , ‘ would you bring me a clean knife ? |
| 21 | So you owe me a hundred pound . |
| 22 | If you give me a hundred and then I , that 's my hundred from |
| 23 | You give me a good explanation of what you were doing ? |
| 24 | You give me a sad opinion of myself . |
| 25 | And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room . |
| 26 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 27 | But if you give me a blank sheet of paper and put a question , I 'm not really gon na tell you what you should include and what you should n't , yeah ? |
| 28 | She went up with little lad and he were watching it and he says I would n't mind this , well Arthur says I 'd al he 'd already taped it off telly and so he says I 'll tell you what you can have it if you give me a blank |
| 29 | The second is a mutual agreement that substantive conditions of supply will hold , for example ‘ in exchange for you granting me an exclusive territory , I promise to sell only your products in that territory ’ . |
| 30 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |