Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 2 | ‘ In other words , you do n't want me to behave in my usual bull-headed manner . ’ |
| 3 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 4 | You do n't want me to intrude on your territory . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 6 | He did n't want me to worry about my health . |
| 7 | If people hear about the boy , he thought , perhaps they will want me to pay for their lost chickens and their disappearing sheep . |
| 8 | You 'll not ketch me complaining about my lot |
| 9 | They did n't make me part of their discussions . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you for allowing me to go through his papers . ’ |
| 11 | I would also like to thank the Nature Conservancy Council 's Upland Vegetation Survey and Andrew Currie for allowing me to quote from their unpublished reports . |
| 12 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 13 | ‘ Excuse me , Hsiao Chi , but my master asked me to see to your every wish . ’ |
| 14 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 15 | It simply asked me to come to his office tomorrow afternoon at half-past two . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When you asked me to come into your bedroom my heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to come leaping out ! ’ |
| 17 | Mr asked me to come into his room . |
| 18 | Suffer me to go to my infamy ! ’ |
| 19 | Initially it was the drumming that got me bouncing in my seat , but when the bass came in I just could n't help grinning insanely at all the other drivers , wishing they could hear it too ( mind you , I had it up so loud that they probably could ) . |
| 20 | ‘ So you got me fired from my job , ’ Maria supplied dully . |
| 21 | It also got me banned from our playschool , for life . |
| 22 | Kindly do n't presume to issue me orders in my own house . ’ |
| 23 | I was sorry that he went to the West Riding after only two terms , although this made me stand on my own feet quickly , which was of itself of value . |
| 24 | It made me cringe at its over-the-top violence . |
| 25 | But working on that film made me think about my life . |
| 26 | It made me think of my convict 's travelling companion . |
| 27 | That made me think of my convict . |
| 28 | Downstairs , he made me sit on his knee . |
| 29 | I used to try and act in straight plays but I was so bad they made me act with my back to the audience . |
| 30 | She meant it as a compliment but it made me sound like her GP . |