Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , are you prepared to let me look at your research programme or not ? ’ |
| 2 | But the site prepared to let me work , to carry on then as s they ma and I would n't claim my pension until I 'd finished . |
| 3 | Our situation is pressing and my father has therefore decided to let me go alone . |
| 4 | He was n't particularly happy with the idea , but kindly decided to let me try after an RSPCA inspector had seen the condition of the dog , and had judged how much she weighed , so we could give the correct dosage . |
| 5 | X amount is going to be needed to help me achieve my objectives . |
| 6 | For one thing , Rose has kindly offered to help me find a place . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 've got to help me choose now , darling — would you like me in red , green or blue and white flowers ? ’ |
| 8 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 9 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , Blanche , you 've got to let me go . |
| 11 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 12 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 13 | Readers are invited to let me have queries about the book business , at home or abroad , and to offer answers to queries already put . |
| 14 | Anyone interested in writing a short piece describing their own efforts ( whether in writing or by word of mouth ) is invited to let me know by 1st May . |
| 15 | And this is the second day you 've refused to let me bring my bedding up . |
| 16 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 17 | Wanted to make me feel jealous , thought Juliet . |
| 18 | ‘ If the archaism is meant to help me understand you , I do n't like the implication , ’ said Connon with a smile . |
| 19 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 20 | I wish the old man had lived to see me get the farm back . |
| 21 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 22 | Leonora 's determined to make me drive her all the way home tonight . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ On your honour ’ is calculated to make me break down and confess . |
| 24 | That was calculated to make me feel really good , was n't it ? |