Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | ‘ It — it disgusts me to think that I 'd let you kiss me that way . ’ |
| 3 | My chaplain begs me to say more but I sha n't satisfy him ! ] |
| 4 | drives me to place myself inside it . |
| 5 | My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion . |
| 6 | Mum encourages me to like my face without make-up . |
| 7 | encourages me to make a comeback . |
| 8 | The great receptivity to the Good News in the United Kingdom today encourages me to believe that a harvest is prepared and yet few bold , denominational plans exist for evangelism and growth . |
| 9 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 10 | The shock of it surprised the dog , when then bit the farmer ( modestly forbids me to mention where , but do give it some thought ) . |
| 11 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 12 | ‘ As a foreigner , Señor , ’ Trent said , ‘ the law forbids me to work . |
| 13 | ‘ It angers me to think he is still on remand . ’ |
| 14 | He has a mordant wit , ‘ t is plain , and it diverts me to teach him our language as he serves me . |
| 15 | ‘ If the king my brother-in-law is ill , then it behoves me to see him , judge what may be done to assist him and inform the queen-dowager . ’ |
| 16 | He means to mend the world , but he needs me to mend his clothes … |
| 17 | ’ Causes me to act selfishly ’ . |
| 18 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 19 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 20 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 21 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 22 | At Liverpool the Principal wrote , also at the end of 1967 , that within the new polytechnic ‘ there will be complete autonomy in respect of the academic work of the Faculty of Art and nothing that has been said causes me to have any misgivings on this score . |
| 23 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 24 | Neither council wants me to deal with this as a late objection . |
| 25 | ‘ He wants me to remain under his roof , ’ she said deliberately , ‘ because I am young and handsome — it was you , my lord , who called me so — and his wife is neither . |
| 26 | He 's now 80 and he wants me to live with him — he says he wants to take care of me . |
| 27 | He wants me to live as long as possible . |
| 28 | ‘ The Kha-Khan wants me to report on his conduct . ’ |
| 29 | My God , George thought , cringing , he wants me to kill off more of that fossilised brain . |
| 30 | Adam wants me to collect some things that he forgot , and take them to the hospital . ’ |