Example sentences of "[verb] me [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ?
2 Do you want me to come on the nineteenth as well ?
3 There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land .
4 I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week .
5 They made me go through the whole thing three times , though I had hardly anything to tell them .
6 They want me to join in the whole furore .
7 The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder .
8 How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily .
9 She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home .
10 I sha n't be sorry to get home to Blackstone Rd , it worries me to think of the damp and the dirt , I hope you did what I said and aired all the rooms and linen like I said and got a good cleaning woman in like I said the same as with you , I hope .
11 And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching .
12 I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’
13 Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's .
14 Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’
15 ‘ The police told me to turn in the opposite direction .
16 He 's seen me talking to the great Walter Schellenberg .
17 Erm , let me start with the monthly calendar card please .
18 ‘ Then let me arrange for the two of you to meet . ’
19 and let me deal with the first form ?
20 Let me deal with the main points of the statement item by item .
21 Let me read to the right hon. and learned Gentleman what the Engineering Employers Federation said : ’ Our experience is that provided they are properly conducted ’ — the very point that I am making — ’ secret workplace ballots are not subject to harassment and have additional beneficial features .
22 But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches .
23 Let me respond to the specific ECGD point raised by the right hon. Gentleman .
24 Now let me say with the monthly card and with the daily page , I 'm going to be showing you a very structured approach to planning .
25 An elaborate version of pass the parcel , which allowed me to travel around the southern part of the state doing workshops in a variety of places .
26 Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College .
27 And she would like me to go to the well women 's clinic every Wednesday it 's run .
28 I am sure that Opposition Members will be delighted to hear me speak about the free market because they were in some doubt about whether it would be possible for Conservative Members to mention that .
29 I have a good old tuck-in at the school lunch and that keeps me going until the next morning . ’
30 That was what set me thinking in the first place . ’
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