Example sentences of "and [vb base] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 2 | Okay go and make me a bacon sandwich |
| 3 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 4 | ‘ Tell him to come back , we ca n't take risks — and bring me a glass of water , will you ? ’ |
| 5 | God speed you , and bring me a hopeful answer — both for England and Wales ! ’ |
| 6 | And bring me the rum . |
| 7 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 8 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 9 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 10 | Please accept my application and enrol me into Quality Paperbacks Direct , and send me the five introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 11 | Be a pal , Kate , and slip me the copy of Gay News you hide under your desk because I do n't allow it in the library , talk about work , Kate , discuss how we spend £5000 on economics books for the university libraries , tell me about how you 're stopping the students thieving my favourite art books , but please for God 's sake , Kate , do n't be difficult , do n't talk about imperialism and marxism and feminism , I 've heard it all before and said it all myself , twenty years ago before I had a wife and children to support . |
| 12 | Put me on the terrace and mix me a Singapore Sling ! ’ |
| 13 | And show me a 20-year-old who has no growing up to do . |
| 14 | Gerry offered to be my guide , and show me the sites of the county . |
| 15 | ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said . |
| 16 | If they want to take it all away in the end and match me up with that slimy halfwit , why then take me up to the mountain and show me the world ? |
| 17 | Thereafter it 's no more than a recurrent talking-point or a way of talking down , with all this I do n't feel I really know you and What 's really going on in there ? and Show me the real you . |
| 18 | Gannets amaze and impress me every time I see them . |
| 19 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 20 | He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story . |
| 21 | Every evening at 6.30 , my ‘ Pop ’ , as I called him , would come across the garden to take me to bed and read me a story . |
| 22 | She always put me to bed … and read me a story . ’ |
| 23 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
| 24 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 25 | If you have to go home now , and I wish you would n't , then call me tomorrow and give me a date . |
| 26 | I 'll get my head down first , you stand by the gun and give me a shout in two hours ’ time . |
| 27 | On miserable days when both of us were low , he would delve into the depths of a pannier and give me a mini Mars bar or some peanuts . |
| 28 | Good luck with the Minister , and give me a ring afterwards . |
| 29 | Perhaps Otley could step in there and give me a chance to get to know Mistress Wordsworth . |
| 30 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |