Example sentences of "[vb past] me [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While shooting in the beautiful Maldives last year , it cost me about £200 for a model , plus the various costs of transport and hotel . |
| 2 | ‘ They told me little James 's coat was around his head , ’ Kevin claimed . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're talking to a bankrupt — almost ! ’ he told me yesterday lunchtime . |
| 4 | She handed me Little Ben , advised me not to let Home Sister catch me leaving it so late , and took herself off . |
| 5 | He poured me more tea . |
| 6 | Joe offered me more gravy . |
| 7 | Surkov silently offered me more claret but I indicated a bottle of Perrier . |
| 8 | The first GPs of the season brought me more success than I 'd ever dreamed . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It was Sheila , I know that , who saw me yesterday afternoon . |
| 10 | Ordinarily I am not a quick thinker but this situation was very clear ; it took me only seconds to realize that Matt , with his family , needed the job more than I did , so I said to Fred , ‘ In that case , I would like to resign ’ . |
| 11 | It took me about quarter of an hour to sort it all out , and then she asked what train and said she 'd get her mum to agree to ‘ take in this ‘ Vern ’ or whatever his name is ’ and meet us at the station . |
| 12 | ‘ Nurse sent me home early.because I 'm ill , ’ she said in a small voice and walked slowly up the stairs . |
| 13 | Gave me more laughs than any Leeds player especially when under the influence of old frogslegs he began trying to control the ball with his feet . |
| 14 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 15 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 16 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 17 | Something about the fact that this chap stammered gave me more confidence . |
| 18 | So this was London at last , and nothing gave me more pleasure than strolling around my new possession all day . |
| 19 | ‘ Taking them into Europe gave me more satisfaction than anything I 've done in my career , ’ he said . |