Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , recovering her poise , she said , ‘ Perhaps you would direct me to the Ladies . ’ |
| 2 | I was dark , my black hair cropped close , a slight cast in one eye , and a cheeky expression which many said would send me to the gallows . |
| 3 | The Leith-based Small , 19 , who reached the last 16 of the 1992 Embassy World Championship , said : ‘ This is my last event of the season , but I have still learned a great deal and I 'm sure it can only benefit me in the years to come . ’ |
| 4 | Did you see me on the rocks ? |
| 5 | He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer . |
| 6 | I wondered how much he would fret if he did n't see me among the passengers , and I hoped not much . |
| 7 | That 's why you ca n't look me in the eyes . ’ |
| 8 | When the time came , I knew he would take me to the asteroids , and we could serve the community together . |
| 9 | I knew when people were married and slept together a baby usually followed , but this did n't enlighten me about the facts of life . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , modom , do n't blame me for the shortages . |
| 11 | However , he did tell me about the Women 's Therapy Centre . |
| 12 | Oi asked Miki from Lush if she would tell me about the birds and the bees but instead she twatted me with a flange pedal . |
| 13 | Can you tell me about the buildings that were around the airport ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll trade you your ‘ binos ’ for information that might lead me to the whereabouts of Dr Charity Marlowe . ’ |
| 15 | What cruel irony it will be if my own uncompromising and innovatory integrity should lead me into the mantraps set by the sort of people who scarcely know one end of a pen from another . |
| 16 | On my last full day in her house , Mrs Knelle declared that she would drive me through the mountains of Joyce 's Country to the edge of Connemara . |
| 17 | Other causes of distortion include our reliance on our own pet theory of personality ( ‘ Its worked well so far ’ ) , selective perception ( ‘ I know what I want to hear ; do n't confuse me with the facts ’ ) , the so-called halo effect — forming opinions on one piece of information and generalizing from it to other pieces of information ( e.g. ‘ She was brilliant in the Geneva post ; she 'll be brilliant wherever we send her ’ ) , or its opposite , the horns effect ( ‘ He was hopeless in Paris . |
| 18 | From verse one , it plunges straight in with the fervency of love : ‘ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth . ’ |
| 19 | Then Araminta may accompany me to the sands . ’ |
| 20 | I keep thinking one of them will shove me in the ribs , or tell me that I 'm ugly . |
| 21 | Can you advise me about the pros and cons and tell me the best way to retain their copper finish ? |
| 22 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 23 | Uncle Bill would perch me on the handlebars of his bicycle and we 'd spin along Lower Granton Road beside the railway lines , with engines and strings of wagons shunting dose to us and the engine-drivers shouting hello to Uncle Bill , and beyond them were the masts and funnels of ships in the harbour . |
| 24 | You two , sshh , if you two are gon na help me with the biscuits , then we ca n't have rows about Thomas can we ? |
| 25 | Could you help me with the buttons on this coat ? ’ |
| 26 | She did n't really help me in the ways I needed |
| 27 | She did n't really help me in the ways I needed , ’ she says . |
| 28 | You can find me through the Friends , ’ and he pressed his horse 's flanks , moving away at a steady pace . |
| 29 | With one sergeant I had then , I used to make up stories about keeping an eye on thieves if he did n't find me at the points . |
| 30 | He 'd never find me in the spaces . |