Example sentences of "[prep] me [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 2 | So I 'm put into the hands of what used to be called ‘ Wardrobe ’ but now has the grander title of ‘ Costume Designers ’ , who are keen for me to join the twentieth century sartorially , which would involve climbing into one of those colossal suits . |
| 3 | It was impossible for me to visit The Key Gallery , Glasgow where her work was exhibited from 15th to 30th May . |
| 4 | The man drew a hissing breath of impatience as he gritted , ‘ Tell your mother it 's imperative for me to reach the other side of the river . |
| 5 | I e it would not be a problem for me to take the same line as either or any of my er opponents , or the incumbent Mr , erm you know , if they are , frankly , right . |
| 6 | Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings . |
| 7 | By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier . |
| 8 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 9 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 10 | Then you might care for me to redraft the complete document in more concise form . |
| 11 | Some months earlier I had written to Sir Sidney Barton who , fortunately for me , was still British Minister in Addis Ababa , asking him to obtain the Emperor 's permission for me to follow the Awash river through the Danakil country to discover where and how it ended . |
| 12 | I can imagine him saying ‘ Ah luv thee , but dunna ma'e me feel sma' ’ but it 's hard for me to picture the careful explanation and vindication of himself that comes after . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 14 | Went out with me to prowl the watchful dawn . |
| 15 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 16 | From me flows the dark stream of terror and destruction . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The world has changed , ’ Lagerfeld says , turning to me to explain the unlikely combination of a Chanel jacket and cycling shorts . |
| 18 | They included Gilly Miles , who had a lovely personality and manner and to me had the greatest potential of them all . |
| 19 | I feel no qualms about taking sides against these contributions , nearly all of which seem to me to disregard the Criminal Law Revision Committee Report and to neglect to analyse the meaning in its context of the word ‘ appropriate . ’ |
| 20 | These authorities seem to me to leave the developing law , if not at the crossroads , at least at the junction of two diverging roads . |
| 21 | I have told my childhood story because it seems to me to parallel the general evolution of a progressive , child-centred approach to learning . |
| 22 | It is always a lie and never the truth , ’ Questionable though that judgement may be on the aphorism in general , it does seem to me to catch the half-formed nature of this observation — or perhaps , better speaking , its lack of a frame . |
| 23 | I rather deplore the recent manifestation of Pop ; it does n't seem to me to have the intellectual force of the art of the Sixties . |