Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] me [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 No you wo n't want a copy of that photograph let me tell you .
2 But before I talk in more detail about how we hope to raise this money let me spend a little time explaining why I feel that this appeal is so vital to children everywhere .
3 I am convinced that only my genuinely clear conscience let me convince the adults around me that I was totally innocent .
4 But before I take up that theme let me try to get closer to the ground .
5 These bands make me think of Robert Bridges ' poem of love , I Will Not Let Thee Go .
6 These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked .
7 But elderly ladies make me feel uncomfortable and our small talk petered out ; I was glad when she said she must go and congratulate N'dosi and moved away .
8 If you think this is a good idea let me know .
9 If their full bellies make me fail to recognise my communality with a woman of colour whose children who do not eat , because she ca n't find work ; or a woman who has no children because her insides are rotten from home abortions and sterilisation ; or if I fail to recognise the lesbian who chooses not to have children , or the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support ; the woman who chooses silence instead of another death ; the woman who is terrified lest any anger triggers the explosion of hers ; if I fail to recognise these women as other faces of myself , then I am contributing to each of their oppressions , but also to my own .
10 The More shoot let me do just that .
11 Now in ecstatic visions let me rove ,
12 In some close Corner let me hide ,
13 But to yon Gardens let me lead thy Charms ,
14 After mortal trouble Let me lie still Where the wind drives and the clouds stream Over the hill Where grass 's thousand thirsty mouths Sup up their fill Of the slow dew and the sharp rain Of the mantling snow dissolv 'd again At Heaven 's sweet will .
15 As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours .
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