Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 — ’ |
| 2 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Now sit still and let me see to your arm . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 7 | If you had left well alone and let me carry on my business I would n't be here . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The members are accountable and let me go back about the committees . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell Wally to keep his eyes open and let me know when they pass him , ’ Hitch instructed . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 12 | She was still very active and made me feel so welcome , especially when she opened the sherry bottle . |
| 13 | He was there merely to look wise and let me talk . |
| 14 | It was fun and made me feel useful and wanted . |
| 15 | ‘ Initially it was very disconcerting and made me feel very self-conscious , ’ she said . |