Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [vb infin] me [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , but will it get me home in time to see Coronation Street tonight ? ’ |
| 2 | Will he join me today in thanking the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi for his recent proposals which form part of the crucial negotiations that are taking place ? |
| 3 | If the hon. Gentleman really cares about unemployed people , will he join me today in calling on his Front-Bench colleagues to abandon their policy of a national statutory minimum wage , to abandon their jobs tax and to abandon their embrace of the European Community social action programme so that we can avoid the disastrous consequences for employment that would follow from such policies ? |
| 4 | Will he join me also in condemning the inefficiency of Labour councils , whose failure to collect rents and fill empty properties is a major barrier to the provision of homes for the homeless ? |
| 5 | Use questions such as ‘ what else ? , what more ? , can you tell me more about that ? ’ in order to extract more information . |
| 6 | I have a Perruno called Frank — can you tell me more about him ? |
| 7 | Requests : ‘ Can you tell me more about that ? ’ or ‘ Yes , go on ’ will encourage further expansion . |