Example sentences of "me [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nicest thing about my dad is that he often takes me along to work with him . |
| 2 | A fish and chip shop owner called me in to deal with the lower half of a long-skirted ancestor which often glided through her kitchen . |
| 3 | Then she held the light still and drew me down to kneel beside her . |
| 4 | My family constantly warned me not to go into catering . |
| 5 | so , I know , I never ended up where I said I was going either cos erm I met this Rus Russian lady and her sister was with her as well and we were er , she advised me not to go to Russia for the time being because it will be over , she said there 's gon na be a lot of blood shed |
| 6 | She would get really worried and stroke my forehead and plead with me not to talk about dying . |
| 7 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps this will teach me not to think about being beautiful , ’ she said sadly . |
| 9 | When she pulled herself out of bed and went to the bathroom , instructing me not to look at the sketch , I got the chance to examine it . |
| 10 | ‘ But he has kept goal exceptionally well , not only this season but for two or three years and it would be unwise for me not to look at him . ’ |
| 11 | Travis , remind me not to get on the wrong side of you again . |
| 12 | ‘ Tommy Boyle told me not to throw in the towel , ’ she said . |
| 13 | But just don , t expect me not to whinge about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Then you 'd have had another reason for me not to stay on board . ’ |
| 15 | but , she prefers for me not to stay on the phone for very long she does |
| 16 | I do n't listen , I mean sorry , I 've got a frog in my throat , erm like , she tells me not to stay on the phone too long , but sometimes I have to , okay , not , not necessarily just as a conversation , but , homework and stuff |
| 17 | The AOC 's personal assistant was an airman like myself and he warned me not to stand on the mat in front of his desk . |
| 18 | Alan says : ’ I was amazed at the advice I received because their Mitchell Philpott told me not to transfer at least for the time being . |
| 19 | I quote the following from that summary , but for the sake of brevity I omit some of the references to authority and the elaboration of point ( 3 ) and the whole of point ( 4 ) , which seem to me not to assist in the present case : |
| 20 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 21 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 22 | Mike was there every day , being nice to me and telling me not to worry about anything , he 'd found this flat and his mother was seeing to furnishing it and they were making arrangements for the wedding . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you know , he told me not to worry about supper tonight but to enjoy my afternoon out . |
| 24 | His mother might take me away to live with her . |
| 25 | Quite apart from my visitors and my new friends , some of whom whisk me away to stay for the weekend , there are what you could call my ‘ professional engagements ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Maybe you would invite me over to testify for them . |
| 28 | Got me over to stay with him . |
| 29 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 30 | So , erm , you know , my mother like , if she , if she needs something , she just asks me just to pop to erm , Gateways . |