Example sentences of "you [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | So — you may command me . ’ |
| 2 | You may forget me , though how I hope you wo n't ! |
| 3 | You may bring me a pot of tea at four o'clock . |
| 4 | ‘ You may show me that you 're not too proud . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You may accuse me of anything you like , ’ he answered stiffly , ‘ but not of complacency . |
| 6 | ‘ You may give me a kiss , dear Mary , since it is soon to be your birthday . ’ |
| 7 | You may leave me here . ’ |
| 8 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 9 | And Herbert , you may think me lucky . |
| 10 | You may quote me . ’ |
| 11 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 12 | You may tell me that I went to the wrong place to begin with — and I can now agree . |
| 13 | You may tell me why a young lady who , whatever she says , has never done any work in her life before , has come to the East End to find it . ’ |
| 14 | He turned to Sally-Anne who was clinging to his arm , and said , ‘ I know a small chop-house near here , and when you have eaten you may tell me what happened , and how you came to be on your own , under attack . ’ |
| 15 | That you may grant me grace . |
| 16 | Well you may see me again you never know I shall look forward to it . |
| 17 | You may trust me , Mortals . ’ |
| 18 | You may trust me . ’ |
| 19 | Let me go , and if I run my head into a hornet 's nest you may disown me . ’ |
| 20 | But you may look me up . |
| 21 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
| 22 | That 's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings ; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded . |
| 23 | By our Lord , the king of heaven , if I can do anything you want you may find me most generous ; most happily will I perform for you without grudging . " ) |
| 24 | SOME of you may remember me appealing for help to form a national organisation to write to prisoners on death row in the Caribbean . |
| 25 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 26 | " You may ask me why " Cunts off the Chairs " ? |
| 27 | ‘ You may defy me now , but you will not continue to do so . |
| 28 | You may call me Elisa , she said . |
| 29 | ‘ You may call me Miss Louise , ’ she replied , and with that walked slowly back to her cottage . |
| 30 | ‘ You may call me Banyon , ’ he said . |