Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [vb infin] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 2 | How greedy everyone must think me . |
| 3 | I think , he may be careless , someone may see me lying around . |
| 4 | But I 'm afraid of marriage because I 'm afraid someone might want me because of who I am instead of because they loved me . |
| 5 | But someone might see me out there … |
| 6 | If he walks off and leaves me someone might see me left on my own ’ . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Someone could offer me a million quid for Henry , but there would be no sale . |
| 8 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 9 | Looking at my diary after lunch , I realised it was MKM day and they might sell out before someone could get me a copy ! |
| 10 | ‘ I wish someone would tell me just what 's going on . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 12 | ‘ I wish someone would ruin me with that sort of money . ’ |
| 13 | But then a god-like creature appeared , and I protested to him — her ? — that if I was a monster , then monsters were GOOD creatures — I was good , truly I was — if only someone would kiss me like in fairytales . |
| 14 | I stood there looking up at him , wishing that someone would demolish me . |
| 15 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 16 | It could have been just relief that someone would have me . |
| 17 | Do you look through the pages of Ideal Home , admire the houses and the handicrafts and say ‘ I wish someone would teach me how to do that ’ ? |
| 18 | So I wonder if er I 'll make a note of them I wonder if someone will start me off on on a list of what you think are the pluses and minuses of retirement . |
| 19 | Perhaps someone will marry me . |
| 20 | ‘ Can you make sure someone will let me in , early evening ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Someone will help me ! |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps , one day , someone will help me when I need it . ’ |
| 23 | but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong . |
| 24 | What it 's got to do with the comrade 's ability to join the Labour Party I 'm not absolutely sure , perhaps someone can tell me afterwards . |
| 25 | Maybe somebody might spot me , but I do n't think so . |
| 26 | Nobody 'd let me wheel my bike or carry my bag . |
| 27 | When I went out robbing , it 'd be the early hours of the morning , one or two in the morning , so nobody 'd notice me missing here . |
| 28 | Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ . |
| 29 | Because nobody could tell me about sport , nobody could guide me , which is what I needed . |
| 30 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |