Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] me [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | My mother insisted on my being one of his godfathers , a unique responsibility which has allowed me to offer him some tactful advice from time to time . |
2 | I have a blister under my right ear , and I take twenty-five drops of laudanum every five hours , the ease and spirits gained by which have enabled me to write you this flighty but not exaggerated account . |
3 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |
4 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
5 | ‘ Now you 've made me drop it . ’ |
6 | ‘ If I had any doubts before , you 've made me believe it . |
7 | And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile . |
8 | You know , you 've got me to thank she did n't chuck you out . |
9 | one of them you already have , you 've er given me some good information for this fact find , you 've helped me fill it in |
10 | She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so . |
11 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
12 | The SS man who had told me to find him seemed to be particularly irritated by this information . |
13 | ‘ You see , Inspector , you have to die because — ’ ‘ Elinor , ’ he could see her white anxious face now , ‘ you have to let me strangle you . |
14 | Sir , you have to let me have it . " |
15 | They all have their source in you , and you have allowed me to own them . |
16 | ‘ I do n't know anything except I 've done something unforgivable and you have to help me undo it . |
17 | That 's why she 's asked me to do it , but like I said to mum you know , I 'm not gon na say to her , oh yeah I 'll do it whenever you want , I 'll say like they 're gon na do this extra course on Wednesday nights and she said , like unless she could get a baby-sitter she could n't go which is the reason I 'm doing it . |
18 | But she , she 's asked me to perm it and she 's cancelled and she 's ever so funny with hairdressers sort of thing . |
19 | So far , I 've given two to friends in hospital and one to an elderly neighbour , who 's begged me to let her have another one so that she can pass the first one on . |
20 | The trouble was , although they 'd got me to do it — maybe because they knew it would save them money , or maybe because you ca n't get that kind of work done by your usual process shop — I did n't know how to do colour separations . |
21 | Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season , but they 've let me have him for six months . |
22 | I have passed on to them the teaching and worship tapes sent on to e here and they have asked me to thank you sincerely and they ask you to continue to pray for them . |
23 | They have asked me to remind you that the end of year obligations imposed on employers are becoming ever more complex , and there are now serious penalties for not complying . |
24 | In so doing , he has enabled me to tell you of the matter — in the fervent hope that you will discover a means of informing the queen my mother of our case . ’ |
25 | In the first place he has desired me to say he would write but for his constant occupation . |
26 | Nevertheless , he has asked me to make it clear that he strongly supports the case that I seek to make . |
27 | He has asked me to send you to his lodging . |
28 | I do n't think prison really teaches you anything , though it has made me realise I 'm as good as any prison officer , if not better . |
29 | By midnight , he 'd asked me to marry him . ’ |
30 | The sod would probably breathalyze me after he 'd made me drive him home . |