Example sentences of "[verb] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 2 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 4 | The governess here , Miss Lambert , has kindly taught me a little . |
| 5 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
| 6 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 7 | Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson . |
| 8 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 9 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 10 | ‘ Women have taught me a tremendous amount about emotions . |
| 11 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 12 | The sum of the erm I do I do n't , I know , my dad 's taught me a different one to Miss , she she taught me that erm i the , oh hang on ! |
| 13 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
| 14 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 15 | I with the jack , so I thought well somebody will throw me the thing , you know ? |
| 16 | Later that night she came into my room in her kimono , bringing me a glass of champagne and carrying a book . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , by the way , Blair , ’ I called , ‘ whilst you are there , would you mind bringing me the fish I caught in the stream ? |
| 18 | Thank you very much for bringing me the transistor — and I 'm sorry , Dr Vaughan . |
| 19 | My father did in fact sneak up to see me a few days later . |
| 20 | He said he was n't when he came to see me a couple of years back . |
| 21 | She came to see me a year later , total loss of weight , total short of breath , hardly , she 's struggling to keep body and soul together . |
| 22 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 23 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 24 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 25 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 26 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 27 | I 've built up my career in an area where women are not generally accepted , and just being seen as your girlfriend is going to lose me a lot of respect ! ’ |
| 28 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 30 | 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 … |