Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She appeared to wait for me to go on . |
| 2 | ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’ |
| 3 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 4 | Pierre Leveque had arranged for me to join a small party attending the season-opening hockey match that evening at the Molson Stadium , with the local Montreal Canadiens playing the New York Rangers , but I did not realize it was the mayoral party until we arrived . |
| 5 | Lucy sent Silas a side glance as she said , ‘ When I first arrived you said it might be arranged for me to see a kiwi , but I 'll quite understand … ’ |
| 6 | Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 7 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 8 | Clare , knowing the woman who owned him , arranged for me to ride him . |
| 9 | During one of my trips to the USA in the 1960s , Shaheen telephoned my hotel one day to say that he had arranged for me to have lunch with Richard Nixon , who at the time had not yet declared that he would run for the presidency in the election of 1968 . |
| 10 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
| 11 | ‘ People will be clamouring for me to fight Eubank . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 13 | As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information . |
| 14 | What do you think about me wearing my red jacket on Saturday ? |
| 15 | ‘ I told you in my letter last week that I wanted you to arrange for me to meet him . |
| 16 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 17 | I bet they are not praying for me going to Saltcoats . |
| 18 | ‘ Is it permitted for me to call you Cara ? ’ he enquired , having just asked that she use his first name . |
| 19 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The time has now come for me to act and sort out some of the players . |
| 21 | ‘ Gina — I think the time has come for me to set the record straight about Lotta and myself . |
| 22 | The time had come for me to grow up . |
| 23 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 24 | ‘ He thought the time had come for me to have a car , and very kindly provided me with one . |
| 25 | However , 15 years on , I feel the time has come for me to have a change of hairstyle . |
| 26 | ‘ After almost ten years as party leader and eight and a half as prime minister , the time has come for me to step aside , ’ he told a news conference in Ottawa after announcing his decision to his party . |
| 27 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 28 | He 's nice like that , is Peter — you know , he do n't wait for me to ask — he just says ‘ Make yourself at home , Billy ’ or ‘ Have a look at this , ’ or ‘ Guess where I got this ? ’ |
| 29 | And I would say He 'd wait for me to say , Blue to match my eyes . |
| 30 | ‘ You said you 'd wait for me to come to you . ’ |