Example sentences of "me the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me the daughter was a bad lot though . |
| 2 | Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ? |
| 3 | ‘ This came from the man who found me the assassin , ’ he went on . |
| 4 | He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style . |
| 5 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 6 | Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Just like it does not allow us to sing an old song that was sung often , Show Me The Road And The Miles To Dundee perhaps that 's the song we should be singing just now in these particular circumstances and be it the day , maybe even in Portsmouth this particular day . |
| 9 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got the idea , ’ said his boss , giving me the once-over . |
| 11 | I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over . |
| 12 | And it 's a blue chip brochure and I think obviously what I needing now after by the experience I 've had with is to get behind a company who will give me the backing . |
| 13 | She has n't , of course , but she gives me the landlord 's name . |
| 14 | So , I tell you what , if , if we do end up spending Christmas at gon na give me the present I got to Di and said thank you Di for giving Stella the Christmas present . |
| 15 | And for me the beginning was when I was young ; before the Soviets , before the Nazis . |
| 16 | But what was , for the archaeologist the end of a job , was for me the beginning . |
| 17 | If I could take away with me the beginning of such an understanding it would be enough . |
| 18 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 20 | Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ? |
| 21 | It strikes me the symbolism of this whole venture would be better were it he and Andy balancing together on the seat , but I get the impression Andy 's partner is n't fully into such flamboyance . |
| 22 | Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’ |
| 23 | Second , for me the sacrament of Holy Communion is a focal point of feeding . |
| 24 | and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette |
| 25 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 26 | Especially if it gave me the credibility to help a friend in need . |
| 27 | It was the Wester Hailes housing scheme in Edinburgh Pentlands that first gave me the notion that something was up . |
| 28 | My mother soon began to drum into me the notion that I was different because of my eyesight , and therefore that I should not expect too much out of life . |
| 29 | When she 's done , she hands me the mirror and I have a look . |
| 30 | My intervention , such as it was , became well known and earned me the enmity of two or three people whose awards had been either altered or struck out . |