Example sentences of "[verb] me [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 2 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
| 3 | Easy path or not , a climb of over 4,000 feet every Monday morning would certainly make me phone in with a headache . |
| 4 | He 'd make me sleep with the kids , then he 'd make me come back to bed with him , in and out all night . |
| 5 | He might make me come back to London , and I could n't bear it . |
| 6 | How will you make me get out of your way when you know deep down that that 's the last thing you really want me to do ? ’ |
| 7 | This has been pointed out by Lind ( 1983 : 271 ) , who adduces the following examples to show that there is " no correlation between active participation and omission of to " : ( 23 ) … he said briefly , helping me climb in through the rear window . |
| 8 | Of course , there 's the question of my present contract , but I feel sure I can bribe the boss into helping me get out of it without too much hassle . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He made me dress up in clothes like my mother 's . |
| 10 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 11 | I was , moreover , amused by the juxtaposition of names in the Bedford High Street — Blood , Sand , DeAth : the bullring , of course ! — which made me think back to my Special Subject paper in the Finals , on the Spanish Background of English Literature . |
| 12 | It made me sit down with my wife and remember all kinds of things . ’ ’ |
| 13 | He relaxed his death-hold on me and made me sit down with him on a convenient bench . |
| 14 | Stuart came home last night in his usual cheerful mood , gave me a kiss , put his arm round me and made me sit down as if he had something important to say . |
| 15 | You see , it was really my dad that made me go along with the Church , even though he did n't really involve himself . |
| 16 | Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house . |
| 17 | He pipped me mum and made me jump out of my bloody skin . |
| 18 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 19 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 20 | They make me come out in spots . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 22 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 23 | Carradine helped me get out of the diner , but I did n't feel so bad . |
| 24 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 25 | Stephen might have made me settle down like Donna has . |
| 26 | And I suppose it was instinct that had made me hang on to my thermometer ; the delicate tube was still in my hand . |
| 27 | Now one day , you ca n't leave it on the hob , one day we were sitting here and I do n't normally , if I put anything on I sit in there rea you 've seen me go in on a Sunday |
| 28 | Ooh you 've seen me grow out of it now , what you |
| 29 | Yes , I thought , they 've seen me get out of the pick-up truck , I look wind-blown and ruddy , there 's mud on my hands , they 're bound to think I 'm a crofter 's wife . |
| 30 | This will come out in the discussion , informally and formally during the course of the day , but let me hand over to my colleague , who will talk about the other side of the coin . |