Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] me a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were right , Bodo , saying to leave the matter alone — although you gave me a turn when you were so … so abrupt with the Sergeant . ’ |
| 2 | Once she gave me a wink and she has even pinched my bum . ’ |
| 3 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 4 | She would n't know how to use a real weapon ( fnar fnar ) , so they sent me a to sharpen my axe on this month 's adventure offerings . |
| 5 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 6 | Because we have to have another door so they giving me a third off . |
| 7 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 8 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 9 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 10 | Once he sent me a paperweight , the very paperweight which had sat on his desk . |
| 11 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 12 | Yet I did have a row with Arthur Calder-Marshall , so it gave me a pang when I heard that he had died last week . |
| 13 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 14 | I howled like a dog , struggling against my captors , until someone gave me a crack across the head and I slipped into unconsciousness . |
| 15 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 16 | And it 's ever so cheap there cos she bought me a , I can remember erm I wanted a curtain thing you know , big long one with the hooks and that . |
| 17 | I know cos she showed me a picture once . |
| 18 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 19 | If you got me a microplane right now I would get into it and fly it . |
| 20 | Yes I 'll go Lord if you get me a job there secure in the knowledge that |
| 21 | In fact I 've often said that if you show me a system which does n't have a performance problem then you 've shown me a system which is a failure . |
| 22 | If you sent me a solitaire and promises solemn , |
| 23 | If you sent me a single orchid , or a pair of |
| 24 | If you sent me a postcard with three Xs and told me how |
| 25 | Now if you teach me a bit ( and I warn you now that I 'm very stupid ) Mrs Joe must never know . |
| 26 | Only if you make me an isosceles triangle , first . |
| 27 | Gedanken smiled , ‘ I wo n't let on , ’ adding as an afterthought , ‘ at least , not if you do me a favour . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you buy me a drink . |
| 29 | ‘ Afraid your lords and masters will fire you if you allow me a few minutes to put the subject on hold ? ’ |
| 30 | If you call me a fucking bitch now maybe I 'd forgive you kind of like and you know like in a while I 'd forgive you . |