Example sentences of "[verb] me [verb] [det] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't as yet have any friends in the street , but we 're on Hello terms with a few neighbours , and frankly I would n't want them to see me putting all these flowers on a skip . |
| 2 | You do n't want me to take all this now ? |
| 3 | ‘ But when we got married and I had two children he did n't want me to work any more , and he got very jealous of other men looking at me . |
| 4 | And since I was coming in to town she asked me to get some more . |
| 5 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
| 6 | ‘ You want me to do some more of it then , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 7 | Well , I do n't imagine that you want me to answer all those questions immediately , otherwise nobody else , I think , would get a look in . |
| 8 | this week , so if you want me to get some some squash or something . |
| 9 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
| 10 | I could hear myself groaning like an old pig ! and the doctor told me to use all that energy I was expending on the noise to push with ! |
| 11 | Let me tape some more . |
| 12 | My Mum and Dad let me discover all this for myself . |
| 13 | ‘ Let me put that another way . |
| 14 | ( Artist 's heart now sinks at thought of fifteen-hour day on account of two ideas leading to twenty permutations of two-line scene : ‘ But Richard — ’ ‘ Yes , I know , but the thing is — er — let me put this another way ’ ( so far he has n't put it anyway ) — ‘ Look — ’ ( He freezes mid-pace , cocks his head as though listening to an external sound — which indeed he is — draws a deep breath through his nose , rolls up his eyes , turns down the corners of his mouth , then , forgetting to expel air because a new thought has struck him , he gasps : ) ‘ I 'll tell you what , right ? |
| 15 | Let me take some more examples . |
| 16 | Give me want any more whisky in ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |
| 19 | mm , oh do n't let me eat any more of these because there too sickly would n't you like a Jamaican rum truffle ? |
| 20 | I wonder if she 'd let me have some more straw and hay |
| 21 | Now do n't let me hear any more about it . |
| 22 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 23 | My conscience would not suffer me to accept any more . ’ |