Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Throughout that period I 've canvassed for the Labour Party , I 've campaigned for the Labour Party , I 've argued for the Labour Party and one of the items that made me join the Labour Party and one of the items I got other people to join the Labour Party was that Labour was a mass Party , because it consisted of hundreds of thousands of individual members and it consisted of millions of trade unionists .
2 So I suppose it was frustration that led me to break the cardinal rule of any diplomat behind the Iron Curtain in the good old days .
3 It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ .
4 ‘ I attended various social functions that required me to have a female escort , ’ he said through clenched teeth .
5 It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble .
6 Then my father swung me up out of the sledge high above his head and down again , trying to distract me , to make light of what had happened and make me see the funny side of it .
7 He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you .
8 The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk .
9 One officer , a really nice screw , a senior officer called Mrs [ R ] , understood why I wanted to be moved off the pregnant house and got me moved the next day .
10 And forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money — on the whole trip ?
11 He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants .
12 Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’
13 ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’
14 ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out .
15 Come here , cara , and let me get a closer look . ’
16 ‘ Chris , great to see you , and let me introduce the lovely Lindy .
17 ‘ He went on to try Trevor Cherry then gave a cap to John Gidman before he somehow remembered me and let me have a second chance .
18 Because I just in my normal sort of intelligent way asked the librarian to come up with lots of cuttings on environmental health and let me have a quick little read , this was probably about twenty to three or something you know I probably needed about three weeks to do it .
19 Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe .
20 She was using condoms and advised me to do the same .
21 Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’
22 Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day .
23 Will you go away and let me have a serious discussion with my nephew without these constant interruptions ?
24 Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards .
25 For them an insidious sense of illusion stimulates my imagination and enables me to see the entire pageant of Venetian ships , present and past , actual and intangible , sailing before my eyes .
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