Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still wo n't , if you ever want to try and leave me . ’ |
| 2 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
| 3 | Immediately Alex thought : so that 's why she invited me to dinner , to try and match me up with her semi-alcoholic brother . |
| 4 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 5 | You 're not going to try and talk me out of it , I hope . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My father asked you to try and talk me out of getting married ? ’ |
| 7 | Whilst I was in Holloway , my probation officer sorted out something to try and stop me getting a prison sentence . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt he was going to try and hit me again so I stuck my right hand out . |
| 9 | Whatever he 's going to try and sell me , I 'm buying . |
| 10 | ‘ I was going to have a coffee at the Greek cake shop , ’ Constance went on , ‘ but just as I was going in one of those middle-class , middle-aged ladies with a smile on her face was coming out , and whenever I see one of them I think she 's going to try and sell me a poppy or something or tell me Jesus loves me . |
| 11 | She would beat me , push me as I was going downstairs , and do anything she could to try and harm me and my baby . |
| 12 | He 's going to try and get me into Combe Court . |
| 13 | But Elsie Birdsall and Lavinia Thwaites kept coming in with all kinds of things to try and get me going — home-made soups , arrowroot , custards — and finally I began to mend a little . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think it would be very wise of you to try and get me sent back to London . ’ |
| 15 | Erm but then she rang back later , I do n't know whether she contacted room bookings to try and get me a dining hall , but she said they might be able to have their dinner in the S C R. So that 's alright , I 'm okay . |
| 16 | ‘ And that gives them the right to try and maul me ? ’ she flared , unable to contain her hurt and anger . |
| 17 | ‘ If I was out of work I 'm sure Denis would be the first person to try and help me . |
| 18 | ‘ Is this decision of yours just to try and thwart me , or do you have any particular reason ? ’ |
| 19 | You do n't know me , my name is Jimmy Cricket , I think I have a story which will , you will find desperately interesting , would you like to come and interview me ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , whoever told you it is n't allowed , tell them to come and tell me , ’ I said , and I took the child outside . |
| 21 | I 'm going to phone home and reverse the charges and get them to come and fetch me . |
| 22 | I 'd sit out in my car , all made up and wait for the stage doorkeeper to come and fetch me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You ought to come and visit me one day . |
| 24 | I did n't know whether it was fair to expect Toby to come and visit me . |
| 25 | I hope it will provide your parents ’ she stressed the word — ‘ with an excuse to come and visit me more often . ’ |
| 26 | He used to come and visit me all the time , he brought money and a radio and them kind of luxuries . |
| 27 | You can tell him that all is forgiven and that I — I want him to come and visit me . ’ |
| 28 | She — er — heard the news , and — er — because she was in the area my aunt and uncle asked her to come and visit me . |
| 29 | In his letter to Mrs Paleschi over a year ago , Niazy said : ‘ Just get the embassy to come and visit me and everything will be solved , if God wishes . |
| 30 | Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ? |