Example sentences of "[verb] me [to-vb] [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 | They want me to join in the whole furore . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily . |
| 6 | She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's . |
| 9 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The police told me to turn in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 13 | And she would like me to go to the well women 's clinic every Wednesday it 's run . |
| 14 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 15 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 16 | Now a recap of tonight 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 17 | Time for a recap of tonight 's main stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 18 | Now another look at today 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 19 | Now another look at today 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 20 | Recent pictures on television showing young Kiwi enthusiasts pestering Test cricketers for their autographs as they left the field of play — and this actually during a Test match ! — have led me to ruminate on the lasting attraction of the pursuit of cricketers ' signatures . |
| 21 | I was back to that school chapel with the chaplain doing his Goddest to get me to sign on the dotted line and hand over my soul . |
| 22 | I have heard from Prudential Property Services with details of your proposed purchase of the above property for £52,000 subject to Contract and I expect that I shall be receiving the draft Contract from the vendor 's solicitors in the course of the next post but perhaps you will kindly telephone me and let me know whether you wish me to proceed with the Preliminary Enquiries arising thereon and the Local search with the East Herts District Council . |
| 23 | Then suddenly she was gone , leaving me to ponder along the unpredictable and intractable nature of language as a medium of communication . |
| 24 | I nursed my damaged finger , and showed it to anyone who wanted me to join in the rough stuff . |