Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 2 | She was quite calm and told me to get a watch and try and time how far apart the pains were . |
| 3 | That cut our speed some and gave me thinking time , but the traffic seemed to consist entirely of black cabs and VW Golfs full of party-hoppers . |
| 4 | I wish it was yesterday , I wish I was just climbing over the rocks in dear comfortable Mrs McPhee who does n't mind getting wet and lets me breathe — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That I 'm able to offer specially designed , hand-painted tiling lifts my kitchens out of the ordinary and helps me to market them . |
| 6 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 7 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 8 | Er I , I was going in the evening you know , doing the tailoring class but of course my illnesses have stopped me doing all of that and made me realize I ca n't do it all . |
| 9 | If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things . |
| 10 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |
| 11 | Now sit still and let me see to your arm . ’ |
| 12 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Take me in by your fire for I am shivering with cold and I am lost in the forest … oh be merciful and let me share your fire and give me a cup of milk to sup and a mouthful of bread … ’ |
| 14 | His catches at Tring on flavoured maggot were extraordinary and led me to follow him . |
| 15 | If you had left well alone and let me carry on my business I would n't be here . |
| 16 | Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me . |
| 17 | Now talk some more and let me hear whether you 've come back with an American accent . " |
| 18 | Yes and he 's very , very difficult to feed himself , to get the food in because , you know , he liked to come in a half past ten and bully me to cook things for him that 's why sometimes I used to run up to bed and pretend I was asleep . |
| 19 | The members are accountable and let me go back about the committees . |
| 20 | First of all he picked up my clubs , pronounced them useless and advised me to sell them forthwith . |
| 21 | I heard him working away up here alone , and he kept coming down all eager and excited and asking me to come and look , and I would n't … of all the ridiculous , petty … |
| 22 | " Fancy staying on at three-thirty and helping me paint ? " |
| 23 | Sir John and Lady Frankling are very kind and wish me to feel quite at home … |
| 24 | The landlord was furious and told me to wash it off . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Tell Wally to keep his eyes open and let me know when they pass him , ’ Hitch instructed . |
| 26 | I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown . |
| 27 | ‘ Okay , blue-eyes , ’ I drawled , even though they were green , ‘ be difficult and make me twist the information from you until you scream for my kisses … ’ |
| 28 | You pop up out of the blue and expect me to drop everything , just like that . |
| 29 | He pulls me close and tells me to sit tight . |
| 30 | ‘ They gave me £50 million and told me to develop a string of new brands . ’ |