Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My chaplain begs me to say more but I sha n't satisfy him ! ] |
| 2 | At Liverpool the Principal wrote , also at the end of 1967 , that within the new polytechnic ‘ there will be complete autonomy in respect of the academic work of the Faculty of Art and nothing that has been said causes me to have any misgivings on this score . |
| 3 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 4 | Adam wants me to collect some things that he forgot , and take them to the hospital . ’ |
| 5 | My wife wants me to do these things . |
| 6 | I 'm often asked if I get sick of making presentations and signing autographs but I always answer by saying that the time to worry is when no-one wants me to do these things . |
| 7 | He says he wants me to meet some of his friends . |
| 8 | He wants me to have some tinned pears which have come in from South Africa . |
| 9 | This allows me to mix any colour I want , and to be economic as I have no need for numerous bottles of ink . |
| 10 | Well I do n't think it 'll be a good idea at all because my no my knowledge of tin foil leads me to believe that tin foil wrapped on tin foil falls off . |
| 11 | Gets me to do all her tricky mending , my sister Malkele , always has done . |
| 12 | But in the time it takes me to do this , the incoming train has reached the other end of the station platform . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend asks me to do several things that might not be so easy to do at once . |
| 14 | ( Business Telegraph , August 24 ) prompts me to pen this letter . |
| 15 | My mum expects me to take all the responsibilities like feeding him and things but I do n't get to buy his food . |
| 16 | It disappoints me to say this about Everton , because you will have read me raving about some of their performances earlier this season . |
| 17 | So it suits me to work all next week and take that day off on the Friday . |
| 18 | And it is only the love of Christ in me that enables me to say that . |
| 19 | It saddens me to hear some people in Britain speak as if there were some way of keeping Germany divided whether or not this is what the Germans want . |