Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But you wo n't be alive to see me die ! ’ |
2 | After exchanging pleasantries , Sally asked : ‘ Ed , would you be prepared to give me some information about the Harley/Supersight contract . |
3 | I wondered how much Graham Fearnley would be prepared to tell me , even if he knew anything about Harley 's contract with Supersight . |
4 | " You mean , he 'd be willing to take me back , afterwards ? " |
5 | She might be willing to give me , as the tenant of the former Mackay home , the details she had kept back from Ann and Megan . |
6 | I can go home now and again to stay with my sister , and Newbury Council have said that when I come back into circulation they 'd be willing to find me another place , and hopefully I 'll find a little job . |
7 | ‘ It would be sensible to tell me the truth . ’ |
8 | ‘ Our child , then , you can leave it safe with a foster-mother here , and be free to join me . ’ |
9 | ‘ Who should be free to help me with the food . |
10 | I am sure that Opposition Members will be delighted to hear me speak about the free market because they were in some doubt about whether it would be possible for Conservative Members to mention that . |
11 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
12 | ‘ And would n't you think just one person would be glad to help me ? ’ she wailed when Ellie asked what on earth was the matter . |
13 | I was sure that I could smooth over our little misunderstanding , and that Sergia would then be glad to have me on the job — so to speak — instead of some heavy-footed FedPol type . |
14 | Now , my dear , I do n't know about saying shocking things — and I must confess , although the Rector would be horrified to hear me say it , that I should be very tempted to say shocking things at Langley Dene , such very new money my dear , everything so dreadfully bright and shiny — as I was saying , I do n't know about saying shocking things , but you are certainly doing them . |
15 | And even if she did she 'd hardly be likely to tell me — it would have been gossip . |
16 | It would therefore be helpful to let me know of your availability at those times by completing the attached form . |
17 | ‘ You mean that you changed your mind again , so that you could be sure to provoke me , ’ she snapped . |
18 | Someone would be sure to recognise me . |
19 | You may well be ashamed to see me after your noise and nonsense . |
20 | It would not be wicked to love me . ’ |
21 | ‘ Someone who may be able to lead me right to the heart of the operation , ’ he said softly . |
22 | I realized my mistake ; he 'd remember such generosity , and his boy would be able to describe me . |
23 | You 'll be able to shoot me ! |
24 | I hope that , before 10 o'clock , my hon. Friends on the Front Bench will be able to assure me specifically that what my hon. Friend the Minister of State said in his letter to Dr. Morris would allow local education authorities , if approached by parents or friends of the school , to go into the school to deal with any one of the specific points that I have raised . |
25 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
26 | But if I can just go back to where we were talking earlier erm and I asked you about anybody that you may be able to refer me on |
27 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
28 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
29 | difficult question , but you might be able to give me an example of one aha |
30 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |