Example sentences of "[verb] me to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard experience has taught me to be selective in my procrastination . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want me to be married ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps it 'll make Daddy want me to be one too , ’ she added hopefully . |
| 4 | You can be Prince Philip — who do you want me to be ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you want me to be nice or honest ? ’ |
| 6 | So then Berndt and the old witch will know I 'm as smart as they do n't want me to be , AND that I 've been poking around in high-security files . |
| 7 | The police did n't want me to be sentenced , which I was stunned about . |
| 8 | Do you honestly want me to be your wife ? ’ |
| 9 | I had assumed he would still want me to be his wife , and wondered why he did not ask me . |
| 10 | Do you want me to be struck off ? |
| 11 | Then what did you want me to be ? |
| 12 | ‘ You did n't want me to be hurt ? |
| 13 | My mother will want me to be more altruistic to hers , than my father will . |
| 14 | My father will want me to be more altruistic to his relatives , than my mother will . |
| 15 | ‘ You would n't want me to be vain . |
| 16 | Silas would not want me to be in a room where somebody such as yourself could have an ear pressed to the wall . |
| 17 | I knew he would n't want me to be pushy and , hard though it was , I decided to wait until the end of the week and then invite him round for dinner . |
| 18 | You do want me to be precise about what I tell you ? ’ |
| 19 | Well do you want me to be at that meeting then ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did you want me to be at a disadvantage ? ’ she demanded . |
| 21 | daddy I got them , where do you want me to be . |
| 22 | ‘ They expected me to be a lawyer too . |
| 23 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 24 | I met the guys , loved the songs and they asked me to be their agent . |
| 25 | " Sam here 's just been an' asked me to be his wife , " she said . |
| 26 | He asked me to be friends again , but I could n't forgive him . |
| 27 | ‘ Nahum 's asked me to be his best man … |
| 28 | At noon Sir Michael Adeane rang up and asked me to be at the Palace at 2 o'clock . |
| 29 | I was officially the gardener , but had come to fulfil also roles of secretary , comptroller of household , translator , interpreter , and stool-pigeon ( which they had always intended me to be ) . |
| 30 | Speaking from the governor 's mansion in Little Rock , Arkansas , local boy Bill , said : ‘ I accept tonight the responsibility you have given me to be the leader of this , the greatest country in human history . ’ |