Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A hospital is a system designed to enable me to treat as many patients as possible with the aid of specialised equipment , nursing care , etc . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've come to persuade me to accept the pension , have n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | This entire charade was designed to entice me to defect ? ’ |
| 4 | He began to stammer something about a mistake being made … that he had merely come to ask me to leave his boy alone … leave his boy alone … what a bloody liar . |
| 5 | Even now I am ashamed when I think of the night I ‘ let fly ’ to one of our best auxiliary nurses who had come to ask me to help when I was just going off duty . |
| 6 | Herman S. has just telephoned to ask me to go to the theatre with Ivy and him next Thursday — to see Samuel Beckett 's new play . |
| 7 | Now , are you prepared to let me look at your research programme or not ? ’ |
| 8 | But the site prepared to let me work , to carry on then as s they ma and I would n't claim my pension until I 'd finished . |
| 9 | Our situation is pressing and my father has therefore decided to let me go alone . |
| 10 | He was n't particularly happy with the idea , but kindly decided to let me try after an RSPCA inspector had seen the condition of the dog , and had judged how much she weighed , so we could give the correct dosage . |
| 11 | X amount is going to be needed to help me achieve my objectives . |
| 12 | For one thing , Rose has kindly offered to help me find a place . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 've got to help me choose now , darling — would you like me in red , green or blue and white flowers ? ’ |
| 14 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 15 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , Blanche , you 've got to let me go . |
| 17 | " Wes , " I said ; " You 've got to let me put him to sleep . " |
| 18 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 19 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 20 | I think coping with distances would be my biggest problem if the authorities could ever be persuaded to allow me to live in Australia . |
| 21 | Even my mum and dad ( foster-parents ) used to hate me playing . |
| 22 | That 's true , that is true , well I 've got to get me shopping , see you then . |
| 23 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 24 | So now Steve 's got to take me to bank , mini bank , to get some money cos I 've got none . |
| 25 | ‘ He had been told to stop me winning at Ascot . |
| 26 | Readers are invited to let me have queries about the book business , at home or abroad , and to offer answers to queries already put . |
| 27 | Anyone interested in writing a short piece describing their own efforts ( whether in writing or by word of mouth ) is invited to let me know by 1st May . |
| 28 | And this is the second day you 've refused to let me bring my bedding up . |
| 29 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 30 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |