Example sentences of "[to-vb] it to me " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother used to recite it to me often when I was a kid . ’ |
| 2 | He offers to sell it to me for £25 . |
| 3 | He agreed to sell it to me . ’ |
| 4 | No no I do n't want you to do it to me . |
| 5 | Admire the Liberty shawl for Aunt Elspeth , and wonder if she might be delighted enough to leave it to me in her will . |
| 6 | Was n't it wonderful of old Cornelius to leave it to me like that ? |
| 7 | He quite liked to leave it to me . |
| 8 | I was demanding a big rise in salary , just to prove my worth ; and Andrew was refusing to give it to me , as a matter of principle . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , A , he 's not in a position to give it to me , and B , I would n't stoop to that sort of thing . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ they 're going to give it to me for being such a nice chap and because I want this guitar so badly . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I guessed you wanted him to give it to me anyway , ’ she punched back . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 've got any information , you 've got to give it to me . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're going to give it to me . |
| 14 | She tried to give it to me |
| 15 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 16 | Tomorrow , are you going to give it to Mr or do you want to give it to me to give to him or whatever suits you |
| 17 | Do you want to dictate it to me ? |
| 18 | Er no they 're going to send it to me |
| 19 | What 's annoyed me is the fact that you borrowed out five grand without even bothering to mention it to me . ’ |
| 20 | At 10 or 11 , I read On The Beach , Neville Shute 's book ; I thought it was frightening , so he called in an air force general to explain it to me . |
| 21 | No one has been able to explain it to me ( it 's nothing to do with horses by the way ) . |
| 22 | The infinitive event is expressed as non-realized with verbs expressing desire ( He wants , wishes , desires to leave ) , endeavour ( He tried , attempted , endeavoured to explain it to me ) , verbal command ( He asked , told , ordered , commanded them to open the door ) , requirement ( The law requires you to purchase a licence . |
| 23 | He pulled out his billfold and tried to hand it to me . |
| 24 | He was ashamed to admit it to me , and I understood why . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're not going to lend it to me , Marie , ’ Jenna said firmly . |
| 26 | When the people realized it was not alive , they decided that it must belong to the Man-Mountain , and the King ordered them to bring it to me . |
| 27 | ‘ You were very wise to bring it to me , Nurse Avery . ’ |