Example sentences of "me [pron] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking after her gives me something to do . ’ |
| 2 | It gave me something to do as well . |
| 3 | Can you give me something to do for it Doctor ? |
| 4 | That is , if my dear boss does n't find me something to do on Saturday . |
| 5 | Give me something to do yeah . |
| 6 | And John said oh it will give me something to do . |
| 7 | The woman in the shop 's pretty friendly and she tells me what to do with the plants — you know , water them once a week , or keep them out of draughts and that . |
| 8 | He tells me what to do , and shows me his stump . |
| 9 | All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him . |
| 10 | Tell me what to do to help . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he snapped . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I 'm a transcendentalist in that I think for myself , no one tells me what to do in my career , my training . |
| 15 | I want someone to tell me what to do , how to get better , what to eat , how to stop being afraid . |
| 16 | They were too drunk and crude , I want one man , one master , who I can respect but who wo n't respect me , and who will tell me what to do . |
| 17 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 18 | P. I wanted to get into something where there was no-one telling me what to do all the time . |
| 19 | During the eight years I worked for Fred Workman he never lectured me on the practice or ethics of journalism , and in assigning me to a story he never told me what to do . |
| 20 | ‘ You , ’ he answered , ‘ because you 're always telling me what to do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Face facts ’ does not tell me what to do about the facts to be faced . |
| 22 | The journey to Calcutta took some hours , and when we arrived the Army met us and wanted to put us all in to some barracks , but I protested and rang up the Bishop , Foss Westcott , and asked if he could advise me what to do as Margaret by this time was very ill . |
| 23 | The old lady only smiled and leaned over to show me what to do . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me what to do ? ’ , and similar questions , should always be passed back to the counsellee . |
| 25 | All she seems able to say is , ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , I can look after myself . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I rather thought , sir , that your purpose in coming down here was to tell me what to do . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ How dare you try to tell me what to do ? ’ she spoke icily . |
| 28 | ‘ You taught me what to do . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's OK , just tell me what to do , ’ I said . |
| 30 | For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! " |