Example sentences of "and [verb] me [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could anyone ever knock any sense into this thick skull , and make me see what kind of a man I 'm stuck with ? ’ |
| 2 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 3 | And he hung it there for me and made me feel its proportions . |
| 4 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've seen him myself , or else hearing about it has put me in a special state of mind , and all the other factors have come up right , atmospheric conditions , combinations of light and dark , what you like , and made me create what I believed I was seeing . |
| 6 | Er I , I was going in the evening you know , doing the tailoring class but of course my illnesses have stopped me doing all of that and made me realize I ca n't do it all . |
| 7 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 8 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 9 | Let me take hold of that weakness of yours and let me change your water into wine . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 11 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 12 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 13 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 14 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 15 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 16 | ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’ |
| 17 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to come out to Leytonstone with me and let me show you something . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to come with me to Mr Sunil 's house and let me show you what I think happened to Billy Tuckett . ’ |
| 20 | And let me show you what I mean by that . |
| 21 | ‘ In that case you must come over some time and let me show you around . |
| 22 | I ca n't find a bit that Give me the pencil and let me show you . |
| 23 | And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls . |
| 24 | Just relax and let me love you . |
| 25 | Erm And let me remind everybody because I do n't intend erm erm er waiting for for people to cough up on this so I would like to remind people to get , it it 's the thirteenth today . |
| 26 | Accordingly , an assembly such as this in England — and let me remind you there have been earlier ones , at Sheffield and Keele — is an act of homage to a great and greatly maligned poet ; but it is also , and can not help but be , a patriotic demonstration against ‘ suffocating insular coziness ’ . |
| 27 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 28 | Conservative in , three times that for which we put on for and let me remind you again that out of that seventeen pounds , you put eleven on , not us , you put it on . |
| 29 | ‘ And let me assure you of something else — anyone who interferes with the smooth running of this place can pack their bags and get down the road right away . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And now , my dear , before you leave , let me take your hands in mine and let me feel your face . |