Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least they may tell me so . |
| 2 | And if anybody at Mephistco thinks I lack courage , they should see me now . |
| 3 | In Japan too , they 'll tell me later , they almost lost touch with sensible layman reality , screaming when drinks were wrong or cars were late . |
| 4 | The head will chew them over , their parents will go mad , then when it 's all finished we 'll be back here next term and they 'll hate me worse than ever . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They 'll take me seriously , just you watch them ! ’ |
| 6 | They 'll take me there and you can come too . ’ |
| 7 | I persuaded my mother that I should be the first visitor ; after all , I knew Parma better than she did , and since I was a young girl they might treat me more kindly . |
| 8 | After the vote there was no punishment they could give me anyway , because punishment involved breaking regulations of World Peace . |
| 9 | I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily . |
| 10 | willi , willing and a a kindly nature but we if it 's in the middle of a game you know , and er , you know how you are when you 're playing a game well they 'd fetch me away to run for some cheese for an old lady . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'd find me somewhere . |
| 12 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 13 | I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take me to a very quiet part of the Galaxy , a long way from any planets with people on . |
| 14 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 15 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 16 | They can teach me so much about the important things in life — I do n't have anything so important to teach them . ’ |
| 17 | But I would have liked daughters because they can help me best in my work . |