Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if I was a peasant and someone told me to give up drinking then I 'd , you know |
| 2 | It is against this background that I approached the construction and which led me to prefer the interpretation which bases the assessment to tax upon the actual cost to the employer rather than the hypothetical cost arrived at by dividing the number of pupils into the total cost of providing full facilities . |
| 3 | Two recent examples from my own constituency — and which prompted me to think of this idea — illustrate the advantage of giving people this freedom . |
| 4 | Is it that ye ca n't manage the farm with yer Da away , and ye want me to take charge . |
| 5 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 7 | ‘ And you trust me to return ? ’ |
| 8 | And you told me to come September for about the cream . |
| 9 | ‘ I did and you told me to trust you and I did , and I do , but you wo n't tell me anything — ’ |
| 10 | was a spent match , and you told me to drop it . |
| 11 | ‘ You throw drink all over me , expect to sleep in my flat tonight and you tell me to shut up ! ’ |
| 12 | But when the whole sum is due , by no intendment the acceptance of parcel can be a satisfaction to the plaintiff ; but in the case at bar it was resolved that the payment and acceptance of parcel before the day in satisfaction of the whole would be a good satisfaction in regard of circumstance of time ; for peradventure parcel of it before the day would be more beneficial to him than the whole at the day , and the value of the satisfaction is not material ; so if I am bound in £20 to pay you £10 at Westminster , and you request me to pay you £5 at the day at York , and you will accept it in full satisfaction for the whole £10 , it is a good satisfaction for the whole , for the expenses to pay it at York is sufficient satisfaction . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And you expect me to agree to all that ? |
| 14 | ‘ And you expect me to give in to it , to some biological urge ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And you expect me to believe you ? ’ she asked incredulously . |
| 16 | And you expect me to keep that confidential . |
| 17 | ‘ And you expect me to work for you , knowing you have not one ounce of faith in my abilities as a landscape designer ? ’ |
| 18 | Once every eight weeks the card 'll be on your door for the Big Turn and you pay me to scrub the close . |
| 19 | ‘ You sussed that I am in with Carmichael , and you want me to put the drop on him . ’ |
| 20 | If you do n't get a job , I will get a job for the time being and you want me to take some money off your bill , you can get rid of some of that rubbish out in that fucking shed , in the back of that van |
| 21 | ‘ And you want me to go with you ? |
| 22 | ‘ And you want me to do the flying ? ’ |
| 23 | And you want me to do |
| 24 | ‘ And you want me to make enquiries ? ’ |
| 25 | And you want me to introduce you , so that you can try and sell it to him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And you want me to get you into Zimbala . ’ |
| 27 | And you want me to tell the warren that young — er — young — er — your brother here has got a hunch and we must all go trapesing across country to goodness knows where and risk the consequences , eh ? |
| 28 | So did many whose professional and intellectual concerns were with education , and who obliged me to reflect more on schools and on what , whether by intention or not , they did . |
| 29 | ‘ I went into the cell and she told me to fuck off out of it . |
| 30 | I asked her if he 'd returned home and she told me to mind my own business . |