Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend asks me to do several things that might not be so easy to do at once . |
| 2 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 3 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton ; If the Hon. Gentleman wants me to go into more detail , I shall do so . |
| 4 | I shall take great pleasure in saying to those to whom the hon. Gentleman wishes me to speak — here comes the opportunity that I mentioned earlier — that , as the chairman of Ford in Britain observed yesterday , Labour 's economic policies would prove suicidal for our economy . |
| 5 | As the hon. Gentleman invites me to read the Adjournment debate , I will . |
| 6 | 12.20 : Another Social Worker asks me to arrange half-day visit to the School . |
| 7 | I keep the matter under review , as I must , but in the circumstances I am not persuaded that the public interest requires me to take the necessarily large number of actions up and down the country . |
| 8 | ‘ So be my witness , ’ he said , ‘ that before the face of God and in your presence I swear this : that when God 's good time serves me to do it without injury to my foremost obligations to Him and to my country , I will take and destroy the castle of Parfois for the wrongs of Harry Talvace dead and Harry Talvace living . |
| 9 | My Philippine experience leads me to ask about health in the UK : what is a correct analysis of the current situation ? |