Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 2 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 3 | She 'll make me a good wife , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 4 | Mother would make me a packed lunch ; Dad deliver me to the bus station at St Andrew Square , Edinburgh . |
| 5 | Food and drink would be brought to me every day from all the villages , six hundred people would be my servants , three hundred men would make me a new suit , and six teachers would teach me their language . |
| 6 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 7 | back and they were disgusted so they 've taken them down and gon na make me a complete new set . |
| 8 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 9 | Now , why do n't you make me a nice cup of hot coffee , and we can sit down like two civilised adults and I 'll explain everything ? ’ |
| 10 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |
| 11 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 12 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 13 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 14 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 15 | Among the delphinium , the snapdragon , the hollyhock and the sweet-pea , on a blanket , by a basket , she will grant me a nostalgic caress — always followed , on Odilo 's part , by hours of snivelling entreaty . |
| 16 | You have hurt me a lot in the past three days , Bob , and I think you will hurt me a great deal more in the days to come . |
| 17 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
| 18 | ‘ You will think me a terrible woman . |
| 19 | No , I ca n't do it now not in front of Cathy and that lot , they 'll think me a little slag and I do n't particularly want that image . |
| 20 | Now they would consider me a bad child for ever . |
| 21 | I would be grateful if you would buy me a small house somewhere , perhaps near Bristol where I can find work . ’ |
| 22 | He can buy me a bloody beer . |
| 23 | You can buy me a big Coke bottle . |
| 24 | You can shew me the exact spot and that will save time . |
| 25 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 26 | Can you send me a recent photo of you , pweeese ! |
| 27 | Mollie would send me a regular bulletin of her progress and since May 1986 she had reduced her weight from 12 stone 9 pounds to 10 stone 3 pounds ( a loss of 2 stone 6 pounds ) . |
| 28 | Bartram had insisted that this differed from the candleberry , Myrica cerifera , while Miller had found other authors ranging it with the Liquidambar , ‘ so I shall be much obliged to you , if you can send me a perfect specimen , that I may determine its proper genus . ’ |
| 29 | Yes you will , oh yes you will , I fucking see to that , seeing as they could n't even send me a fucking get well card |
| 30 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |