Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 2 | ‘ Someone could offer me a million quid for Henry , but there would be no sale . |
| 3 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 4 | Looking at my diary after lunch , I realised it was MKM day and they might sell out before someone could get me a copy ! |
| 5 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 6 | Listen Billy , if ye hear she 's come home here , ye 'll give me a call at the station . |
| 7 | ‘ Ye 'll gie me a week ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Ye could gie me a wee bit . ’ |
| 9 | I wished somebody would show me a weapon |
| 10 | ‘ If somebody will give me a small coin … ‘ |
| 11 | To-day a wild letter had come from the wife of one who refused subordinate office which will give me a sleepless night . |
| 12 | You may bring me a pot of tea at four o'clock . |
| 13 | ‘ You may give me a kiss , dear Mary , since it is soon to be your birthday . ’ |
| 14 | You may cut a fine figure — ’ with an approving glance cast up and down his great-nephew 's fashionably tight-fitting blue coat over buckskins and top-boots ‘ — but an expensive young profligate is what you are , Dacre , and if this inheritance do n't come as a windfall you may call me a dunderhead ! ’ |
| 15 | He sent for Marko and told him , " You must plant me a vineyard and bring me wine from it in seven days . |
| 16 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
| 17 | Lewis said : ‘ By beating Foreman I can prove again I 'm the best heavyweight , but I want to box people who 'll give me a good workout — unlike Bowe I never avoid anybody . ’ |
| 18 | As a lowly , poorly paid teacher and a member of Mensa , I wonder if RUNNING could put me in touch with sponsors and promoters who might make me a few million pounds over the next couple of years , even though I 'm not Canadian . |
| 19 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
| 20 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 21 | You might call me a patient . |
| 22 | I suppose you might call me a gent . ’ |
| 23 | Now if you 'll excuse me a moment . |
| 24 | If you 've any sense you 'll give me a ride to Shipton and put me on a train , then go back to your farm and forget all about me . ’ |
| 25 | Hank yelled , ‘ You 'll give me a complex , Daddy , before you 're through . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , if you 'll give me a moment to find them . |
| 27 | So er if you 're thinking of becoming a super model if there is anybody out there who 's thinking of becoming a super model perhaps you 'll give me a ring and er and I can break the bad news to you personally . |
| 28 | So you 'll give me a call on Thursday then ? |
| 29 | ‘ You mean that when we divorce after as short a time as possible you 'll give me a lump sum ? ’ she enquired , her voice frigid . |
| 30 | You 'll give me a heart attack . |