Example sentences of "me [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 2 | The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed . |
| 3 | I am sure that Opposition Members will be delighted to hear me speak about the free market because they were in some doubt about whether it would be possible for Conservative Members to mention that . |
| 4 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 5 | Again I wondered at Edward 's way of making me feel like the useless son out of a folk-tale who had stumbled by chance into the hollow hills . |
| 6 | As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’ |
| 7 | For he sometimes makes me sleep on the wrong side of my own bed . |
| 8 | It makes me cringe into the smelly upholstery of his battered armchair . |
| 9 | Let me respond to the specific ECGD point raised by the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 10 | I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’ |
| 11 | They made me go through the whole thing three times , though I had hardly anything to tell them . |
| 12 | But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches . |
| 13 | In fact my chain was just long enough to let me get into the tiny bathroom , two feet from my mattress , to use the toilet . |
| 14 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 15 | Erm , let me start with the monthly calendar card please . |
| 16 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 17 | and let me deal with the first form ? |
| 18 | Let me deal with the main points of the statement item by item . |
| 19 | Now let me say with the monthly card and with the daily page , I 'm going to be showing you a very structured approach to planning . |