Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
| 2 | I suppose having my hands in my pockets has made me think about this . |
| 3 | He has made me look at the world again , made me see things I had never seen before , and see familiar things in a new light . |
| 4 | He says the course has helped me get to grips with the kids otherwise they 'd run wild . |
| 5 | The big boys tried to make me feel at home by taking me to the greasy spoon for a pie but what did I care for food as the table rang with drug quips and acerbic one-liners about Danielle Dax from Gavin Martin , James Brown and Danny Kelly . |
| 6 | I had a teacher for all of three months tried to make me write with my right hand . |
| 7 | But those who argued with me did not share this opinion , and tried to make me conform to their pattern . |
| 8 | My father was a sergeant in the Army and both parents did their best to try to make me go to school . |
| 9 | ‘ No , sir , I mean let me go with him . ’ |
| 10 | So was old Jacko , who 'd made me re-write at Thrills piece twice and still did n't run it . |
| 11 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 12 | Now , are you prepared to let me look at your research programme or not ? ’ |
| 13 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 14 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 15 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 16 | Anyone interested in writing a short piece describing their own efforts ( whether in writing or by word of mouth ) is invited to let me know by 1st May . |
| 17 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 18 | Think what I shall say is , I shall myself quite simply , if it ever gets out I 'll say well look I know full well that you would n't have let me stop at Helena 's you would have objected to it I said , but Andy 's mum and dad , Andy was like pretty bad so we left him there and I said I stopped up to help look after him . |
| 19 | She should have let me prescribe for her ; I know an excellent liniment … " |
| 20 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 21 | You might have made me come on this absurd chase , but what I think is my business . ’ |
| 22 | You 'll have to let me listen to them . |
| 23 | I am aware that much of what I am saying makes me sound like some ageing Pollyanna who just wants to pretend that all is sweetness and light . |
| 24 | The ole cow must 'ave seen me go in there from the winder an' suddenly the law pounces on me . |
| 25 | Such developments keep Johnson and Boswell at a further remove , although on the wall of the castle hangs a framed letter in which Johnson , with his attractive spidery writing , gives thanks to his host : ‘ The kind treatment which I have found wherever I go makes me leave with some heaviness of heart an island I am not likely to see again … |
| 26 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 27 | Felipe had let me drive around the hacienda but I had never been on a road . ’ |
| 28 | They had let me slip through the net earlier ; they would n't exactly be fans of mine . |
| 29 | You have warm feelings for her too , but you 've let me succeed in courting her ! |
| 30 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |