Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’ |
2 | ‘ This is something which will haunt me for the rest of my life . |
3 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
4 | You 're my family , and you must meet me at the bridge . ’ |
5 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
6 | After his energetic verse Cade 's prose shows that medium at its most laboured and puffy : ‘ Has my sword therefore broke through London gates , that you should leave me at the white Hart in Southwark ? ’ |
7 | ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ? |
8 | I thought you might drive me to the station . ’ |
9 | Now Welsh M P , this is quite funny , has moved the motion if you 'll excuse me on the subject of public loos . |
10 | You 'll send me to the churchyard one day ! |
11 | One of these days you 'll lead me across the road . |
12 | ‘ You 'll push me in the canal ! ’ |
13 | ‘ If you 'll take me to the concert in the cloisters at Pollensa this weekend . ’ |
14 | " Then you 'll take me into the organization ? " |
15 | Perhaps she could smell me through the door . |
16 | She uttered something loud and incomprehensible in Dutch and told me she 'd meet me at the coffee shop later . |
17 | Be very specific in spelling out desired actions , avoid being vague ( not ‘ I wish she 'd be more helpful ’ but ‘ I wish she 'd help me with the weekend shopping ’ ) . |
18 | ‘ You must think I was taking a lot for granted , sorting all this out before — well , before I even knew you 'd let me on the island , let alone still want me . ’ |
19 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
20 | I would be grateful if you could inform me of the person in your department who would be dealing with the register of Wildlife Sites . |
21 | ‘ Andy , do you think you could drive me to the Sugar Bar ? ’ |
22 | Enthusiasm for the idea is great but I wonder if you could provide me with the following information ? |
23 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
24 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
25 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
26 | Oi asked Miki from Lush if she would tell me about the birds and the bees but instead she twatted me with a flange pedal . |
27 | On my last full day in her house , Mrs Knelle declared that she would drive me through the mountains of Joyce 's Country to the edge of Connemara . |
28 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
29 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
30 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |