Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard experience has taught me to be selective in my procrastination . |
| 2 | Mellowes has assigned me to the duties of the administrative assistants , then to those of the statistical clerks . |
| 3 | The Commander has assigned me to you . |
| 4 | You were right in saying that the minister Earl of Arran has disappointed me to no end . |
| 5 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 6 | The feeble God has stabbed me to the heart . ’ |
| 7 | And damn this man he wants to wed me to ! ’ |
| 8 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 9 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
| 10 | From the first moment we met you wove a spell that has bound me to you more securely than chains could ever do . ’ |
| 11 | and she said oh Fred 's just come to put me to bed , you know , he comes every night |
| 12 | They want to bend me to their will like a factory machine , so they can scrap me when I wear out . |
| 13 | ‘ I would ask you to stay longer , but His Majesty the King has invited me to a masque at Richmond . ’ |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman has introduced me to sayings of his in the House today that I had not previously appreciated . |
| 15 | That experience , which has brought me to the province so often , has given me a very deep sense of admiration for the resilience and warmth of the people . ’ |
| 16 | Now that my hon. Friend has brought me to the matter , it is right to put on record the comments of the chairman of British Coal in the press release . |
| 17 | Mrs Sams ( 44 ) from Birmingham , said : ‘ I do not normally swear but he has driven me to it . |
| 18 | I see no reason , in the light of these reports , to abandon the conclusion that my own experience of life in the islands has led me to . |
| 19 | My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole . |
| 20 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
| 21 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 22 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 23 | I am , by nature , one of the latter , but I yearn to be one of the former , and many years of travelling has led me to a kind of uneasy compromise . |
| 24 | Iii case this book should be read by some fundamentalist searching for straws to prop up his prejudices , let me state categorically that all my experience ( such as it is ) has led me to an unqualified acceptance of evolution by natural selection as a sufficient explanation for what I have seen in the fossil record . |
| 25 | " Father , " she said quietly , " Dom João has asked me to be his wife and I have accepted his keepsake . |
| 26 | Erm somebody I know has asked me to er You know I do n't know if you know how they compile dictionaries ? |
| 27 | On a more cheerful note however , his brother Paul has asked me to be his Sponsor for Confirmation next month — so I 'm quite proud about that ! |
| 28 | Firstly , Martin Coleman from High Wycombe has taken me to task for not including a power on/off switch in the circuit of Fig. 4 ( April ‘ 92 ) . |
| 29 | I have always been an outsider ; my epilepsy has prevented me from taking part in many normal pursuits such as drinking or dancing , and this has encouraged me to be an individualist in art . |
| 30 | He has encouraged me to reapply to the Government Information service to be kept apprised in case the two departures from the Scottish office , one gone and one going December , mean there may be a vacancy . |