Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever you have to say will only make me feel uncomfortable . ’ |
| 2 | While Gould 's first impressions were not favourable , he was determined , as he wrote to Sir John Franklin , to keep an open mind : ‘ The heat and dust of Sydney is extremable neither does the presence of Drunkards which constantly present themselves in the streets add to the interest of this place , time and better acquaintance with the country will however perhaps enable me to speak better of it . ’ |
| 3 | the habits and practice of the French courts are different from our own , and … when the cross-examination of [ the ] witness is most material , and will alone enable me to judge of the effect of his examination-in-chief , I decline to delegate my discretion to any other tribunal . |
| 4 | He can only tell me to eff off . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better let me lead , then , ’ said Gurder , in a matter-of-fact voice . |
| 6 | You 'd better let me carry you down . ’ |
| 7 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , you 'd better let me tell him later . ’ |
| 9 | Better let me watch it , I 'm gon na watch that . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Here pet , better let me take some of your things . ’ |
| 12 | You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’ |
| 13 | Only thirty five of the hundred here think that we er , need this monarchy so let me ask you a final question , do you think Britain , therefore , should be a republic ? |
| 14 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 15 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 16 | The young man faltered , but managed , ‘ If you 'll only let me show you — ’ |
| 17 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
| 18 | He would just gently let me know his opinion . |
| 19 | I 'd better get me timesheet out of |
| 20 | I kept waving to Mike but he took no notice , and if I hang about here Otley will only ask me to fetch him a slice of ox and then I shall be sick . |
| 21 | You 'll not ketch me complaining about my lot |
| 22 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
| 23 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |
| 24 | The Secretary of State 's comments today were so shabby and his speech was so shallow that he did not make me laugh . |
| 25 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 26 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 27 | But we have come out to catch that prisoner , and the Devil himself will not make me turn back . ’ |
| 28 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 29 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 30 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |