Example sentences of "[verb] me [vb infin] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It helped me do all sorts of things I would n't have done otherwise . ’
2 In the middle of our talk I began to speak as if to some demon , telling him to hold his tongue and not interrupt my talk , and let me serve these gentlemen for it was already late .
3 Let me give some examples .
4 Let me clear these magazines .
5 Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me .
6 Let me finish these papers and my lunch and we 'll go along there , eh ? ’
7 Come now , Mr Lytham , let me sign these documents while I still have the strength . ’
8 I asked yer ter let me do these books 'cos I wanted ter sort out the bills an' see where we can make savin 's .
9 Let me ask some members of the congregation a few questions :
10 Let me ask these questions then we 'll like agree .
11 And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should .
12 Let me write those lists cos there be hard to , hard to read .
13 let me read those verses again , he says my flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill , and my flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth , there was no one to search or seek for them .
14 ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’
15 Let me put these things upstairs . ’
16 Let me put some questions to you :
17 I stayed wooden , afraid of the power that let me say those words ; afraid to hold him too hard or too close .
18 Th they let me have these scales .
19 In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did
20 Let me see both hands — slowly , ’ he instructed , his voice strained .
21 let me see these names , who wrote that other review .
22 And to help me provide some answers , I have with me Dick Grimsdale , who is Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the university ; Joe Turner , who is a Developmental Psychologist ; and Peter Dauber , who is a Physicist and colleague of mine .
23 A simple adaption using a machine bolt lets me mark many chamfers , on different dimensions .
24 Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out .
25 I should be grateful if you would let me have any amendments or omissions a.s.a.p .
26 In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food .
27 What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come .
28 In addition , it has been pointed out ( Erades 1950 : 123 ) that it is not exactly the same thing to ask someone Will you help me get these letters addressed ? as it is to ask Will you help me to get these letters addressed ?
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