Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 2 | The first drive I went on made me wonder about the sanity of grouse . |
| 3 | ( 128 ) Other women — they only made me love you more . |
| 4 | ‘ He only made me cry once , ’ she mumbled against his sweater . |
| 5 | The bridge was like a symbol which suddenly made me realise what is happening to that country . |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever you have to say will only make me feel uncomfortable . ’ |
| 7 | There was every possible opportunity and we discussed it ; he was keen but not importunate , which naturally made me love him more and be more inclined to give him what he was so sweetly not insisting on , but something held me back . |
| 8 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 9 | ‘ Ireland 's vastly-improved performances obviously helped me get on stand-by for this tour . ’ |
| 10 | Well if you want anything er er photocopied or put together let me know wo n't you ? |
| 11 | So let me leave you with a few wise words . |
| 12 | I know that Robert Lowell got into terrible trouble for quoting private letters in his poetry , but all this happened abroad , so let me quote a phrase from it : ‘ The earthquake was awful . |
| 13 | The potential ramifications of such a theme could be vast so let me start somewhere in the middle . |
| 14 | Okay , so let me start handing these out , and what I 'd like you to do is to extract the er , alpha dividers that are at the back , and then separate those out into two piles , A to L and M to Z , please . |
| 15 | Now this motion does not seem to understand government housing policy so let me explain government housing policy , I do n't agree with all of it but this , this is the policy bit . |
| 16 | I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived . |
| 17 | ‘ So let me tell you about our Emperor 's hopes for the fullest possible form of control … ’ |
| 18 | So let me tell my tale . |
| 19 | Er so let me move on then to erm the growth areas . |
| 20 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
| 21 | So let me spell out a few more advantages you may not have realised before : |
| 22 | So let me show you what I mean by freedom . |
| 23 | So let me do this for you instead . |
| 24 | It 's a bit formal , right so let me see . |
| 25 | Ah right yes so let me see , you were the one who said that you were getting to the S P S S stage or something were you ? |
| 26 | So let me confine myself simply to inviting erm , Penny , to propose the resolution . |
| 27 | So let me turn to an issue , less Earth shattering , but no less vexatious — the keeping of mink in Shetland . |
| 28 | So let me put that vote to the hundred , do you think every woman has a right to have a child , or to try to have a child ? |
| 29 | In a book of this length it is n't possible to cover everything , so let me declare my hand right away : what interests me most is the brain . |
| 30 | So let me buy you a coffee . ’ |