Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My colleagues seemed genuinely worried by my decision and many of them tried to convince me to change my mind . |
| 2 | But n no-one has approached me to do so . |
| 3 | In part 2 the author has given you the option of turning off those infuriating flashing lasers and electric grills , which I found helped me to think a little easier but , alas , did n't help me in solving the problem . |
| 4 | Having just said all that — if the part I played allowed me to change my style I would probably have it all cut off — I 'd love to try a short style . |
| 5 | Enough I hope to enable me to complete the windows . |
| 6 | In June 1941 , Anno XIX Era Fascista , I became a ragioniera , an accountant ; the diploma I received entitled me to put the Rag . |
| 7 | Each magazine article I read advised me to buy the best , the fastest , the latest or whatever . |
| 8 | I think wants me to paint the levelling for him . |
| 9 | This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time . |
| 10 | It is the experience of listening to the responses or readings which have been triggered by them which has led me to question the nature of the arguments usually put forward by antiracists to explain racism . |
| 11 | When I have asked such questions , I have invariably discovered a signpost from the past , which has enabled me to find my own way forward . |
| 12 | ‘ There is a country hike every summer , which has helped me to get to know the area better , and lots of opportunities to go on courses and outings to places of interest . |
| 13 | My mother insisted on my being one of his godfathers , a unique responsibility which has allowed me to offer him some tactful advice from time to time . |
| 14 | It is not dislike of homosexuals which has prompted me to tackle this subject . |
| 15 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , something happened recently which has prompted me to write to you in this unsolicited way , though God knows we were once . |
| 16 | Because somebody 's asked me to collect people 's conversations because it 's to , to do with a firm that 's making a new dictionary . |
| 17 | I have a blister under my right ear , and I take twenty-five drops of laudanum every five hours , the ease and spirits gained by which have enabled me to write you this flighty but not exaggerated account . |
| 18 | ‘ You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the Throne . |
| 19 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 20 | The other week she tried to get me to buy some different plants , but I did n't do it . |
| 21 | She has asked me to say thanks on behalf of our Brothers and Sisters there . |
| 22 | ‘ She has asked me to express her gratitude to you , but I do n't know how to find the words . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That is what she has asked me to try and find out , ’ said Melissa , acutely aware of how absurd it must sound . |
| 24 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |
| 25 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 26 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 27 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
| 28 | half G T half G T squared plus some constant times time normally your the the G will be a negative half A T squared but someone had said come up with that equation , and you 've said well what are you going to give me to go on well the acceleration 's constant . |
| 29 | ‘ How did you plan to get me to tell you ? ’ |
| 30 | Would you like to contact me to exchange experiences and help us feel less isolated ? |