Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [vb infin] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we continue travelling hopefully , traversing the geography , and absorbing impressions that may get me out of the pictorial routine that all artists are prone to . |
| 2 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll trade you your ‘ binos ’ for information that might lead me to the whereabouts of Dr Charity Marlowe . ’ |
| 4 | If knowledge was to be imparted that might threaten me , then it was time to show a clean pair of heels and , perhaps , indulge in some honest lechery . ) |
| 5 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 6 | By middle age I had discovered that everything I wanted to do , every attitude I announced , every desire I expressed , anything that might give me joy appeared to contradict the wishes of someone else . |
| 7 | Thank you for the little thoughts of avoiding the things that might upset me . |
| 8 | Could you advise me and recommend any books that might help me . |
| 9 | If he 's married to my daughter that 'll kick-start me right back in the business , but if you wo n't play your part in all of this then I 'm just as happy to bring him down … ’ |
| 10 | Something that 'll keep me going in photography anyway . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I thought if I do n't get these exams , I wo n't get a job , because that 's what people rubbed into us , and then I thought , well , Christ , if I went down town now and had a look , I bet there 's a dozen jobs that 'd suit me . |
| 12 | You 're letting me run around like a headless fucking chicken while you 've got the one piece of information that could lead me straight to her ! ’ |
| 13 | Is there any treatment that could help me ? |
| 14 | he says , look er , he says , cos I for somebody he said if I could , if he knew somebody that could take me down he says I would leave the mini for ya |
| 15 | I wondered whether there was anything in the teaching of Tai-Fing that could get me through the next half an hour . |
| 16 | From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’ |
| 17 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 18 | ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’ |
| 19 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |
| 20 | If I ask an engineer how a steam engine works , I have a pretty fair idea of the general kind of answer that would satisfy me . |
| 21 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 22 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 23 | I asked her if she had any medication that would make me a better surfer . |
| 24 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 25 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 26 | Nothing that would lead me to inform your firm of her passing . ’ |
| 27 | I had to construct a model that would lead me to a series of questions that would have empirically testable answers which would allow me to deduce an answer to my original question . |
| 28 | ‘ I hoped you might tell me something that would lead me to Heather . ’ |
| 29 | And if I if I found D Y by D sine X that would show me , not the gradient of this curve , |
| 30 | Of course , after my husband died , I had to find work that would enable me to look after her , and this did seem ideal . " |