Example sentences of "i [to-vb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanay just ask me to drive you into town , baby . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You expect me to accommodate you in that ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Would you prefer me to carry you to your dressing-room , strip that gown from your body , and dress you myself ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's very rude of me to burden you with my troubles . ’ |
| 5 | I do as I 'm told , and he told me to include you in this job . ’ |
| 6 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 7 | Related is the case with Sarastro 's stern announcement ‘ wenn ich dich ihren Händen liesse ’ ( ‘ [ you would be deprived of happiness ] were I to leave you in her hands ’ ) : here , as shown in ex.2f , Mozart underlines an emphatic crescendo to the climax of the phrase with the word ‘ staccato ’ ( in the left upper corner ) and decisive strokes in violins and basses . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want me to suspect you of cowardice ? ’ |
| 9 | You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’ |
| 10 | You do n't deserve me to help you with things . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Would you like me to leave you for a while ? ’ |
| 12 | But just remember one thing — next time you 're exhausted , do n't expect me to put you to bed again . ’ |
| 13 | But it would be natural for me to put you in the golf club area . |
| 14 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 15 | He has asked me to send you to his lodging . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 've some crazy notion in that muddled excuse for a brain that I 've got designs on your person , allow me to disabuse you of it right now , ’ he told her bluntly , bringing hot , but thankfully invisible , colour to her cheeks . |
| 17 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 18 | Allow me to assist you up the hill . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And you want me to get you into Zimbala . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I knew Charles wanted me to marry you for reasons we hardly need discuss . |
| 21 | " If your wastage rate on these plantations was n't so high , there would be no need for me to supply you with new coolies all the time , " said Lepine sourly . |
| 22 | ‘ Forgive me , Chieh Hsia , but you asked me to remind you of your audience with Minister Chao . ’ |
| 23 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |
| 24 | Suppose you allow me to take you to the Odeon ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ My wife wants me to take you to her , madame . |
| 26 | Unless … ’ her voice dropped lower , ‘ you get me to take you to La Lavandaia to be made good as new , but you would n't like that , my little lady , the cutting and the sewing hurts like the devil … . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative . |
| 28 | But , never one to miss an opportunity , ‘ I insist that you allow me to take you to lunch , ’ he followed up , and smilingly waited . |
| 29 | Do you want me to take you in the jeep ? |
| 30 | Which means , if I 'm not mistaken , that you have n't come here to offer me my son back so much as to ask me to relieve you of Miss Gristy . |