Example sentences of "i what to do " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He tells me what to do , and shows me his stump .
3 All based on a perfect understanding between the wickets — and him not telling me what to do and me not telling him .
4 Tell me what to do to help . ’
5 ‘ This new money , these upstarts , they do n't know their place — they think they can tell me what to do , ’ she went on .
6 ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he snapped .
7 ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he said .
8 I 'm a transcendentalist in that I think for myself , no one tells me what to do in my career , my training .
9 I want someone to tell me what to do , how to get better , what to eat , how to stop being afraid .
10 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 .
11 ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do .
12 P. I wanted to get into something where there was no-one telling me what to do all the time .
13 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 .
14 ‘ You , ’ he answered , ‘ because you 're always telling me what to do . ’
15 ‘ Face facts ’ does not tell me what to do about the facts to be faced .
16 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 .
17 The old lady only smiled and leaned over to show me what to do .
18 ‘ Why do n't you tell me what to do ? ’ , and similar questions , should always be passed back to the counsellee .
19 All she seems able to say is , ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , I can look after myself . ’
20 ‘ I rather thought , sir , that your purpose in coming down here was to tell me what to do . ’
21 ‘ How dare you try to tell me what to do ? ’ she spoke icily .
22 ‘ You taught me what to do . ’
23 ‘ It 's OK , just tell me what to do , ’ I said .
24 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 ! "
25 a really strong ruler who can tell me what to do so I know where I stand and so on .
26 ‘ You believe you never tell me what to do , and then you are suddenly shocked .
27 So do n't think you 're man enough to tell me what to do .
28 They used to tell me what to do with it .
29 ‘ But I am your Queen — no one tells me what to do .
30 He told me what to do when we got there , and how to speak to different people .
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