Example sentences of "me [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please , let me stay another minute or two , ’ said Melissa quietly . |
| 2 | Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me . |
| 3 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
| 4 | Daddy 's gon na make me eat some tomato and , and cucumber |
| 5 | Let me eat some toast first . |
| 6 | and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing |
| 7 | And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should . |
| 8 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 9 | Let me qualify this statement . |
| 10 | Let me clear these magazines . |
| 11 | ‘ Let me finish these papers and my lunch and we 'll go along there , eh ? ’ |
| 12 | I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal . ’ |
| 13 | Right , are you gon na let me light this cigarette or am I gon na just stand here all holding it ? |
| 14 | His shaking hands with me made me feel half hero , half saint . |
| 15 | Let me give another example . |
| 16 | Let me give some examples . |
| 17 | Let me do that Mum . |
| 18 | It helped me do all sorts of things I would n't have done otherwise . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The pleasure of being top , and nothing else , except the interest of my father , made me do such homework as I did in the evenings … . |
| 20 | Never mind : no-one lets me do any painting now — and I ca n't say I mind . , . |
| 21 | I asked yer ter let me do these books 'cos I wanted ter sort out the bills an' see where we can make savin 's . |
| 22 | Shut up , and let me watch this play . " |
| 23 | And to help me provide some answers , I have with me Dick Grimsdale , who is Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the university ; Joe Turner , who is a Developmental Psychologist ; and Peter Dauber , who is a Physicist and colleague of mine . |
| 24 | No future governments of whatever political persuasion , erm er I I fear have let me begin that point again . |
| 25 | So let me begin this discussion then of of channels by er pointing out the methods that have been used for studying channels , and for some of you who 've done the er neurophysiology course this will er be revision but nevertheless it will be pertinent to today 's discussion . |
| 26 | Well let me see that stammer . |
| 27 | let me see these names , who wrote that other review . |
| 28 | ‘ Let me see both hands — slowly , ’ he instructed , his voice strained . |
| 29 | ‘ The tenant 's a friend and she 's letting me use this place while she researches a book in Italy . ’ |
| 30 | A simple adaption using a machine bolt lets me mark many chamfers , on different dimensions . |