Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [to-vb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pay a great tribute to my dad , who as a trade unionist on the railway would have been so proud to see me receive this very great honour . |
| 2 | If you are not prepared to let me see the original letter then this pretence of cooperation becomes a farce and I see no point in continuing it . ’ |
| 3 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 4 | I see now why you 're so anxious to get me married off to Honor . |
| 5 | and as you do n't have anything to do with the decorating anyway I do n't know what you 're peeved about you like it before and then you like it after , and you 're quite content to let me do the bit in the middle . |
| 6 | They 're too glad to see me to worry about authenticity . |
| 7 | That still left equipment , so I pondered which BCA member retailer would be least likely to tell me to get knotted if I telephoned with my hypothetical shopping list . |
| 8 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 9 | At this Mr Healey was jolly pleased to see me trapped in the Thickets of Quotation , and , again merrily , said , ‘ Plato ? |
| 10 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 11 | My father earns too much money and he was not prepared to subsidise me to do what he thought was a ridiculous waste of time . ’ |
| 12 | But what the screens revealed was not likely to make me feel easy . |
| 13 | At the weekends when my Ma and Dad wanted a bit of peace , it was usually easier to send me to bide with Uncle Bill than to take me in the bus to my Uncle Geordie at Dalkeith . |
| 14 | She was quite happy to let me do my survey and eventually I had to make my excuses or she would have gone on chatting all day . |
| 15 | In waking life it was too strong to allow me to indulge myself in secret feasts , and I no longer felt any desire for them . |