Example sentences of "[verb] me [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have taught me to read the fires of meaning but I am inadequate . |
| 2 | ( Bitter experience has taught me to remove the gaffer at the end of the event only by holding the wire down on the floor as you pull the tape up . |
| 3 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 4 | Finally , I am sure that you will want me to thank the staff of the Council for their valuable work in what has been another very busy and challenging year . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , why did n't you want me to touch the skull ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you want me to put the sound on ? |
| 7 | ‘ Now , if you do n't want me to call the manager and make a fuss , remove your foot ! ’ |
| 8 | The company 's , you do n't want me to say the side effects do you ? |
| 9 | I said I 'm going back now do you want me to leave the kitchen light on ? |
| 10 | ‘ Do you want me to blow the candle out ? ’ |
| 11 | I said do you want me to do the chicken ? |
| 12 | Do you want me to do the gravy ? |
| 13 | alright , do you want me to close the door ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want me to shut the shop ? ’ |
| 15 | Do you want me to wet the front down ? |
| 16 | Do you want me to wet the front down or is that alright ? |
| 17 | Do you want me to draw the curtain , Daddy ? ’ |
| 18 | Likewise , if instead of saying , ‘ there is a patient outside ’ , I could say ( out of role ) , ‘ In a short while I will be a patient coming to the consultant 's office — how do you want me to play the role ? |
| 19 | And do you want me to ring the Oban hotel and tell them what 's happened and change the booking ? |
| 20 | Erm so they 'd wan na know well you know if it 's a shopping change then erm , do you want me to change the day ? |
| 21 | Do you want me to change the place I go to ? |
| 22 | Do you want me to change what I buy , do you want me to change the time I do it ? |
| 23 | Well , what d t I think if you draw a pl if you draw a plan , er that certainly should be taken i I I mean if you do n't want me to consider the plan , put a line through it , yeah ? |
| 24 | Or do you want me to beat the truth out of you ? ’ |
| 25 | Seeing it features in your catalogue , would you prefer me to send the copies back to you ? |
| 26 | Old Mrs Gardner , who ran the post office and general store — the only shop in the small Scottish village — knew where most of Mom 's widow 's pension went and suggested I should persuade her to sign a consent form , allowing me to collect the pension . |
| 27 | The father 's real purpose in allowing me to visit the family was not so much to get help , but to recoup the £40 he had spent on satanist scriptures , which he wanted to sell to me . |
| 28 | The bottom half hangs down , allowing me to transfer the envelope to inside my coat . |
| 29 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 30 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |