Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 3 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 4 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 5 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
| 6 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 7 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 8 | ‘ Can you see me as the Prime Minister 's wife living in Downing Street ? ’ |
| 9 | Enthusiasm for the idea is great but I wonder if you could provide me with the following information ? |
| 10 | I know people get tired of appeals , but I urge them to organise fundraising for the echo-cardiograph equipment as undoubtedly a great number of people will follow me through the coronary unit and the machine will surely be of great help to them . |
| 11 | If you need any further information you can contact me on the above telephone number after 4 p.m. most days . |
| 12 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 13 | He would meet me off the last train … . |
| 14 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 15 | I thought he would slide me into the strait-jacket right away . |
| 16 | As it was your generous gift of the physic Garden to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries that encouraged the supporting of that Garden for the improvement of Botany and so consequently was the Occasion of my being employed in a service so agreeable to my natural inclinations , so the favourable opinion you have had of my abilities , when you was pleased to recommend me to that worshipful Company , with the several instances I have since had of your generous inclinations to encourage the Art and me , will ever lay me under the greatest obligations to endeavour to answer that character you was please to give of me and herein humbly hoping to approve myself what I most desire to be thought of … |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
| 18 | The primary entry was a compositional definition , but two of seven further entries did take me to the deep mantle . |
| 19 | Perhaps tomorrow you will take me to the National Gallery ? |
| 20 | My Higher Self was warning me that this project , though attractive , would take me in the wrong direction , and would be a costly mistake . |
| 21 | Byron would not have me in the larger house , claiming that the dogs would never tolerate my presence without howling all night . |
| 22 | ‘ DO N'T MENTION me in the same paragraph as Ace ! ’ |
| 23 | Your article should reach me by the first Friday of the month . |
| 24 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
| 25 | You 'd better tell me about the other night . |
| 26 | 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 ? ’ |
| 27 | So you 're gon na leave me with the dear stool then are you ? |
| 28 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 29 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
| 30 | Is it worth doing and if so , can you point me in the right direction . |