Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’ |
2 | ‘ The patron , mademoiselle , instructed me to drive you wherever you wished to go . |
3 | How would you manage without me to carry you through ? ’ |
4 | ‘ I suppose you 're expecting me to carry you now ? ’ he charged tersely . |
5 | Well , , ‘ The decision is n't mine , my role is to make recommendations and it 's a democratically elected council , it 's up the councillors to decide final policy , and then it 's up for , up to me to carry it out . ’ |
6 | Well it 's no use me phoning him up is it ? |
7 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |
8 | Let me make it clear , football is a game played by one team against another with a ball . |
9 | Let me make it clear , I believe in the Union of Scotland , England , Wales and Northern Ireland as the only sensible and acceptable way of being a member of the European Community . |
10 | ‘ But let me make it clear we 're not prepared to train the current SAP . ’ |
11 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
12 | Let me make it quite clear , Pahdra Singh is committed to this club 116 per cent . |
13 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
14 | ‘ Listen , I do n't know what you 're up to now , but let me make it quite clear that I 'm only prepared to put up with you for the sake of the station and my job . |
15 | But let me make it very clear that it probably was not the best place , a Pathfinder station , for anyone to get near to absorbing the incredible state of affairs . |
16 | Let me make it absolutely clear I 'm not suggesting er on behalf of Julie that there was any wickedness in your mind or anything . |
17 | It only makes me want you all the more . |
18 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
19 | It 's not me seeing them now — it 's Summerchild . |
20 | When I move against them do not expect me to treat you differently from the way I treat them . |
21 | It is then up to me to implement it successfully by controlling my behaviour whilst keeping an eye on progress towards the indicators of success . |
22 | me got it in |
23 | ‘ Yesterday you were a very Good Samaritan , ’ she smiled , and took the opportunity , while he seemed halfway friendly , to enquire , ‘ I do n't suppose it would be convenient for me to interview you now , Mr Gajdusek , would it ? ’ |
24 | David advised me to sound you out on it . |
25 | Their mother ( i.e. Surjeet 's mother-in-law ) kept asking me to wear it over my head . |
26 | I used to have one but he got fed up of me using it so he cut plug off |
27 | And how interesting was the way in which it took advantage of so little light as to shine enough for me to see it so clearly . |
28 | In the seat in front two passengers recognized the farm where they lived and wanted me to see it too . |
29 | Then , with distant civility , ‘ Perhaps you 'll allow me to see you safely to your hotel ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Ian keeps telling me to breathe it out , ’ said Julia half smiling . |