Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [verb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Chris , great to see you , and let me introduce the lovely Lindy . |
| 12 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 13 | She was using condoms and advised me to do the same . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 17 | 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 . |