Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] me [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 2 | As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information . |
| 3 | Her approach seemed to me to negate all that was good in illness . |
| 4 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 5 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 6 | However , Major John Wiseman , M.C. , at first told me categorically ( in a private communication ) that my husband had not been in ‘ A ’ Squadron , but later kindly wrote to me to correct this statement . |