Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | That must give me till about lunch-time . |
| 2 | Now that should give me the same answer as if I do ten take away five so it 's take away a plus five , Yeah ? |
| 3 | That should see me for a while . |
| 4 | ‘ And that should teach me not to ask ridiculous and impertinent questions , ’ he remarked , and his normal cheerfulness seemed to have returned , which was a relief . |
| 5 | I mean , some may affect me one way , the next person they ask , affected another way , so they get two different opinions , do n't they . |
| 6 | However , I 'm leaving work soon to take up fostering teenagers , so this should leave me more time to devote to campaigning . |
| 7 | Nor could I face , any longer , the shame of admitting I wanted a life of my own , in case this should lay me open to a charge of pretentiousness or self-importance . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , this should take me about another fortnight . ’ |
| 9 | after being down there and he had one and he was talking to his mates when and he was going do think this 'll do me any good ? |
| 10 | Yes I know , this 'll make me sick |
| 11 | Frankly , this 'll clean me out . |
| 12 | Normally this might earn me an interview without coffee with my Flight Commander , but I do have an excuse for arriving at work an hour later than usual — Gazelle Flight were night-flying last night . |
| 13 | ‘ You mean that this might give me a chance to do a bit of snooping , ’ I said . |
| 14 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 15 | This could destroy me , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , I see you 're conservative in your ways , ’ he sneered , expecting that this would goad me into Satanism . |
| 17 | This would cost me a fortune . |
| 18 | In fact , I took three — I figured this would give me some insurance — then retired to a new seat to watch the board . |
| 19 | Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded . |
| 20 | This would give me a base to aim for . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm so excited , ’ said Elaine , ‘ I did n't think a style like this would suit me but it does . ’ |
| 22 | I had some fruit in my car and this would sustain me during the round . |
| 23 | This would help me in ensuring that project staff are alert to the need to establish links when new initiatives are being considered . |
| 24 | Maybe this will sort me out . |
| 25 | This will lead me to take seriously some of those attributes of professional work which have perhaps been dismissed too lightly in recent work as mere political rhetoric . |
| 26 | This will give me better control over any fish I may hook , for they will no doubt try to charge into the lilies on either side of the swim . |
| 27 | This will give me the pleasurable task of transcribing sections of two Zep tracks from the all-time classic album ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ . |
| 28 | Items can be sent to my home address by the second week in September , this will give me time to price and size them , a major job as I discovered last time and I will send you the figure of money raised by the end of October . |
| 29 | Not this will lure me , for I 'd have you know |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps this will teach me not to think about being beautiful , ’ she said sadly . |