Example sentences of "and [verb] me the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 2 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 3 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 4 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 6 | Thereafter it 's no more than a recurrent talking-point or a way of talking down , with all this I do n't feel I really know you and What 's really going on in there ? and Show me the real you . |
| 7 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 8 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
| 9 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 10 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 11 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 12 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 13 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 14 | Go on , God damn it , and give me the right stuff this time around . " |
| 15 | He was a long distance lorry driver but he knew how to dress and taught me the golden rule ‘ Do n't mix your stripes ’ . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Two sharks got into the perspex tunnel and believe me the startled look we got from Sean was not anything to do with his acting ability , ’ said Terence . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |
| 18 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 19 | A waiter smiled and ushered me to a corner table marked with a reserved sign that said ‘ Intourist only ’ , and gave me the English-language menu . |
| 20 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |