Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I can not accept lectures , " he told his guests , " because the people who pay for them expect me to attend cocktail parties at which I am caught between someone wanting to know what I think of existentialism and someone asking me what I really meant by such-and-such a line " . |
| 2 | Is it that ye ca n't manage the farm with yer Da away , and ye want me to take charge . |
| 3 | I married Melanie in a rush , for reasons which embarrass me to remember . |
| 4 | Summarizing the argument , let me say that there are good reasons , based on sociobiological insights into hunting , which lead me to suppose that the cooperation , altruism and mutuality demanded by social-hunting techniques in 4-foot high hominids lacking all modern hunting technology meant that only the sons were likely at first to start to exploit the immense reserves of game which our gelada-like ancestors saw all around them on the savanna grasslands where they lived . |
| 5 | As I told you I think I have made observations which lead me to conclude that there are not only high but fertile lands on the verge of our intertropical Regions , and arguing from the Character of the Ranges here I should not be surprised to find in the more distant parts of the Continent , a Country vying with America in richness of Natural products , and I have very little doubts but that the discoveries to be made would amply repay the government any outlay it might make . |
| 6 | ‘ And you trust me to return ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You trust me to drive without keeping a constant watch ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
| 9 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
| 10 | I 've the feeling that you expect me to say something to you ? |
| 11 | ‘ You expect me to accommodate you in that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You expect me to lie ? ’ she demurred . |
| 13 | ‘ And you expect me to give in to it , to some biological urge ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you expect me to agree to all that ? |
| 15 | Besides , you want to put me ashore , so unless you expect me to swim — ’ She broke off , gasping as the boat , no longer held fast by its anchor , swung wildly . |
| 16 | You expect me to detach myself from my non-bourgeois essence … to honour your gods , your fathers , your Revolution … |
| 17 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You expect me to admit it ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It is when you expect me to accept a pronouncement about men offered as fact and founded on ignorance , ’ he responded at once . |
| 21 | You expect me to know all the details of what is happening in a legion of divisions ? ’ |
| 22 | Well you expect me to warm , be warm this bloody weather , eh ? |
| 23 | And you expect me to keep that confidential . |
| 24 | You expect me to keep that a secret — from your wife , your children , relatives , superiors — the world at large , in fact . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The same way you expect me to keep myself for your use now , ’ Maria snapped derisively , scalded by the shame of the knowledge that that was exactly what she was going to do , and tired of hearing about her supposed affair with Florian . |
| 26 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
| 27 | ‘ And you expect me to work for you , knowing you have not one ounce of faith in my abilities as a landscape designer ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You expect me to believe that ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You expect me to believe that drivel ? ’ ranted the professor . |
| 30 | ‘ You expect me to believe that ? ’ |