Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Yeah , it 's exactly that kind of experience that I think has got me thinking about what I was saying before you came , well before we were just doing the coffee , about the idea of actually starting to draw , well I was calling contracts , but probably it 's more better called agreements , about you know , the theatre will do this , we will do that and |
| 62 | The polytechnic handbook which I used was not much help and my tutor has told me to ask the librarian for help . |
| 63 | ‘ George has told me to look after my weight . |
| 64 | ‘ My life with Gary and my mother and her occult friends has enabled me to pick out the symptoms by which we may recognise those who are involved in the occult . |
| 65 | In so doing , he has enabled me to tell you of the matter — in the fervent hope that you will discover a means of informing the queen my mother of our case . ’ |
| 66 | When I have asked such questions , I have invariably discovered a signpost from the past , which has enabled me to find my own way forward . |
| 67 | But at least the money saved over the years by cycling has enabled me to afford early retirement , and escape the commuter rat-race ! |
| 68 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 69 | Towards the end of this ‘ shake down ’ period it has enabled me to experiment confidently , often using the experience and success of other teachers as encouragement . |
| 70 | Amaury de Craon wrote to Edward II from Sablé in November 1323 telling him that the ‘ great uneasiness of heart that I feel as a result of the dispute between you and your brother the king of France , our lord , and a desire to find ways , according to my humble ability , to prevent it , has emboldened me to write the following things ’ . |
| 71 | J.D. , Mr O'Connor , has invited me to join his permanent staff of reporters now that I think that my work in the East End is … over . |
| 72 | I had not intended to intervene again , but the Minister has invited me to do so . |
| 73 | The Queen has invited me to play croquet , and I must go and get ready . ’ |
| 74 | Since reading Barbara 's letter it has set me thinking ! |
| 75 | ‘ No , Aunt — Silas has brought me to see you . ’ |
| 76 | The D O E has authorized me to do so , but not to vote . |
| 77 | That has led me to conclude that higher and further education no longer provide a pathway out of poverty towards educational achievement and self-fulfilment , because students from poor backgrounds may be forced to give up studying and never achieve the educational qualifications that they seek . |
| 78 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 79 | Research over the past few years has led me to observe elsewhere ( Cartwright , 1984 ) that in education in general — and arts education is no different in this respect — assessment comes in all forms and guises , and that the type of assessment practised is dependent upon the reasons for its use . |
| 80 | It is the experience of listening to the responses or readings which have been triggered by them which has led me to question the nature of the arguments usually put forward by antiracists to explain racism . |
| 81 | The development of the procedure from its origins in valuation to modern " expert " applications has led me to attempt to distinguish between these two types and to classify applications either as belonging to the traditional , valuation type , or as owing more to the concept of a technical expert , which I have labelled " industrial " . |
| 82 | Recent experience of walking Long Distance Footpaths ( LDPs ) has led me to believe that there is a case for de-emphasising certain routes ( I understand that the RA currently recommends Duke of Edinburgh Award Groups to avoid the Three Peaks for example ) . |
| 83 | I mention these ignorant reactions only because this book of photographs , bracketed by two brief essays , has caused me to succumb to Frida Kahlo 's strange gaze as her actual paintings , exhibited at the Whitechapel Art Gallery some years ago , never did . |
| 84 | Hoyle writes : ‘ My own recent work has caused me to doubt , not that evolution takes place , but that it takes place according to the usual theory of natural selection operating on randomly generated mutations . |
| 85 | In the first place he has desired me to say he would write but for his constant occupation . |
| 86 | But you would only approach that business on the basis that well the estate agent has asked me to give you er you know he he feels that you would benefit and erm from this exposure and er has asked me to approach you first . |
| 87 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 88 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 89 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 90 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |