Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 2 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 3 | The Parkinson 's Disease Society has been in touch with me , and I am grateful to its chief executive , Mrs. Mary Baker , both for information and for helping me understand the problems . |
| 4 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 5 | It was pretty obvious he was after making me look like a rent boy . |
| 6 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 7 | By fund-raising she is doing something positive towards helping me get better . |
| 8 | Well what , what sort of made me say that was because er across the crevy well at least all these travel ones are |
| 9 | You could of let me have the first one |
| 10 | But it was sort of let me think it was over and it only looked about that big . |
| 11 | He was our , he was our squadron but not our troop you see , see if I 'd a been his troop he probably would n't of made me go into the sea , but it was fucking cold , I mean , I mean full M B C kit right |
| 12 | He refused to take the responsibility of letting me go with only fifteen , and intended to recall his men . |
| 13 | ‘ So instead of letting me finish it , you let her carry on giving me the runaround . ’ |
| 14 | Er , it 's it 's you do n't have to be frightened of letting me know this , because , it it stands to reason , that it 's going to happen , okay . |
| 15 | Instead of letting me try it on first . |
| 16 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 17 | Next Derek came up with the bright idea of making me walk to see how far I could get . |
| 18 | He had an uncanny way of making me feel simple . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And of course , when this all happened , and I 'm listening to what people are saying tonight , it 's it 's sort of making me feel a bit sick what they 're saying . |
| 21 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
| 22 | However natural it is , it still has the effect of making me cry when I catch sight of myself and nurses have visibly cringed upon seeing them . |
| 23 | Of course , there 's the question of my present contract , but I feel sure I can bribe the boss into helping me get out of it without too much hassle . ’ |
| 24 | Then , when I was eleven , he had a friend who owned a music store and he talked him into letting me work Saturdays . |
| 25 | And Mum : Mum , thanks for letting me go to the fair . ’ |
| 26 | Thanks for letting me use your page to publicize a human rights abuse in the UK . |
| 27 | Best wishes , and many thanks for letting me see your showreel . |
| 28 | ‘ Thank you for letting me see such a beautiful face ! ’ he said . |
| 29 | Thank you very much for letting me see your paper in draft . |
| 30 | Thank you for letting me know . ’ |