Example sentences of "[prep] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , he had to borrow the money off me to do that |
| 2 | I will have to keep my wits about me to get my team selections , and my substitutes , right . |
| 3 | ‘ We got ourselves into one of those silly situations , in the middle of 1883 , which meant there was no way for me to remain . |
| 4 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 5 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 6 | It was then natural for me to celebrate . |
| 7 | It is not , however , for me to judge the issue here , but only to point to what is involved in such a judgment . |
| 8 | If you go immediately to Grasmere — unless other fish are being fried , but your letters are too vague for me to judge — ( what are you doing ? ) — then I think you could do well . |
| 9 | ‘ In truth , sir , it is very difficult for me to judge , ’ she said , ‘ owing to the fact I have never met any people like you before . ’ |
| 10 | It 's obviously too early for me to judge whether in the absence of such a definition the Department seek to intervene , but in the word , in the light of what is said in the current P P G I think that must be a possibility , but for the moment , sir , we have very much have an open mind , and we obviously , like everyone else , are looking forward to your conclusions on this issue . |
| 11 | I 've only been to see one game so far this season , so it 's difficult for me to judge , but maybe some of you who 've been more often could speculate ? |
| 12 | If that stage has not been reached at the end of the formal application processes it it' not for me to judge now what the Department 'll do . |
| 13 | Far be it for me to mention Huntingdon district council but that is one which |
| 14 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon . |
| 16 | I called in at the office on one of my days off , to see what was doing , and found that a posting had come through for me to report forthwith to Group Headquarters at Huntingdon . |
| 17 | It is normal for me to report to the Council 's Planning Committee the end of year disease statistics and any recommendations which might be necessary in line with the management strategy . |
| 18 | ‘ You make it difficult for me to leave . |
| 19 | The Sheikha joined us and we sat together while arrangements were made for me to leave . |
| 20 | ‘ The lure of Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United was too much — and it had to be something big for me to leave London . ’ |
| 21 | It was hard for me to leave Spain , where I was very well known and settle in Palm Springs , California , ’ says Jose Higueras , a former Davis Cup player for Spain from 1974 to 1980 . |
| 22 | Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave . |
| 23 | Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him . |
| 24 | Mrs Reed arranged for me to leave on the nineteenth of January . |
| 25 | Pam knew about Rosie , that we 'd done everything together and had n't been split up and that it was hard for me to leave her . |
| 26 | ‘ Because arriving with you makes it easier for me to leave with you — to take you home , Maria . ’ |
| 27 | She looked haughtily at me , waiting for me to leave . |
| 28 | Time , I thought , for me to leave . |
| 29 | ‘ Nevertheless , she declares she 's taking over as hostess — so obviously it 's time for me to leave . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |