Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work which can earn me money in my spare time . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 3 | In the latest movie , Carry On Columbus , a female member of the cast screams : ‘ The sharks would n't eat me whole ? ’ |
| 4 | That you may grant me grace . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll think me catty , but you asked for it . |
| 6 | They did n't even buy me lunch — we went out to lunch , but we did n't get any . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't let me buy me lunch , I said , and I meant it . |
| 8 | Ca n't Buy Me Love . |
| 9 | The week 's singles listing shows the Fabs occupying the complete Top Five , with ‘ Twist And Shout ’ at Number One , followed by ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ ( 2 ) , ‘ She Loves You ’ ( 3 ) , ‘ I Want To Hold Your Hand ’ ( 4 ) and ‘ Please , Please Me ’ ( 5 ) . |
| 10 | He opened and closed the back door , taking care to slam it , and returned to the hall , whistling a Beatles ' song , ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 11 | there is a tendency to standardize different time-scales — but in fact different musical types , and sometimes different pieces within a type , may sell at different rates over different time-spans ; thus the Beatles ' ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ sold a million copies in a week while Ken Dodd 's ‘ Tears ’ took five months to do the same ( Harker 1980 : 98–9 ) . |
| 12 | They strode along bravely , and the tune they played was ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 13 | Martin plays a great set , we encore , duetting on Teenage Kicks , Blank Generation and Ca n't Buy Me Love , and I 'm lapsing into rockspeak : Great vibe . |
| 14 | Oh you , you do n't need me driving license do ya ? |
| 15 | And when you 've lain there , and thought of Adolf or whatever good girls do these days , you can watch me dress in my fine underwear , all pristine silk and nicely sticky balls . |
| 16 | You can come and watch me paint the window frames . ’ |
| 17 | Anyone frightened of being too sick in public can send me email : - ) |
| 18 | Why did Diniz not send me word when it happened ? ’ |
| 19 | And if the King leaves Windsor in the meantime , the justiciar may send me word , and I 'll come to him at Gloucester or wherever he may be . ’ |
| 20 | Can anyone send me information on this velvet-voiced villain ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll send me husband , then , ’ she said , huffily , and went out vanquished , pausing only to give a good hard scratch to her left calf . |
| 22 | The problem was that Kier had friends in the town council and , as Campbell pointed out , ‘ my eneemys here have wrote to My Lord Grange ; if the man is sett at liberty I begg it may be by y[ou]r interest , and that you 'll be so good as write me so , for it will do me service in this place ’ . |
| 23 | The aforesaid captain I shall endeavour to keep beside me as my bondsman ; hobbled , and under my eye , he can not do me injury . |
| 24 | ‘ You think that these other people you mentioned will do me harm ? ’ |
| 25 | You do not do me justice , my dallta , for what you do reflects on me also , and they laugh at me with you because you let a wee Campbell lassie put a petticoat on you ! ’ |
| 26 | Will you fetch me writing paper and a pen , please ? ’ |
| 27 | I said , like the child who had played with the dolls and bears , ‘ Syl would bring me breakfast in bed , only his mother would n't let him . ’ |
| 28 | He can swing a punch , which would give me pleasure , or he can call for help , which will give me warning , or , as he is doing , he can cower against the wall . |
| 29 | Elizabeth knew that I was unhappy , but she was sure she could give me happiness . |
| 30 | Blast , I 'd forgotten all about that little oddity , although it did give me pause at the time . |