Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | encourages me to make a comeback . |
| 3 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 4 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 5 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 6 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 7 | I think wants me to paint the levelling for him . |
| 8 | ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk . |
| 9 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 10 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 11 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 12 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 13 | ‘ There is obviously more to Froggy 's murder than meets the eye and , despite the bullying phone call , my editor , God bless him , wants me to do a little more digging . |
| 14 | I 've only been there once and I thought he did n't like me much , but now he wants me to do a dozen PDs tomorrow . ’ |
| 15 | Cal wants me to sing a song . |
| 16 | If he wants me to reconsider the changes , I shall , of course , do so . |
| 17 | Yeah , I 've spoken to Tom , he wants me to get an outline price which I 'll do today . |
| 18 | ‘ She wants me to make a thousand currant buns , five hundred sausage rolls and fifty chocolate sponge sandwiches , if you please , in time for the jubilee , ’ Mrs Cartwright exploded as she juggled with dishes and tins and bowls and ladles . |
| 19 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 20 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 21 | He wants me to tell the same traveller 's tales as 'im and 'is mates — the artful hound ! |
| 22 | ‘ Siban wants me to scout the G'bai , the passes through the mountains , and the plain where the Moistr ’ River flows to the sea . ’ |
| 23 | It hurts me to see the team so low in the table . |
| 24 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 25 | Ling allows me to invade the kitchen after hours . ’ |
| 26 | The report also allows me to re-confirm the financial contribution that is made to the running costs of the Unit . |
| 27 | The tree story allows me to introduce an important general distinction between two kinds of arms race , called symmetric and asymmetric arms races . |
| 28 | For I assure you that people who do not travel ( I mean those who cultivate the arts and learning ) are indeed miserable creatures ; and I protest that unless the Archbishop allows me to travel every second year , I ca n't possibly accept the engagement . |
| 29 | It also allows me to determine the location and scale of a work in context . |
| 30 | And it frightens me seeing the youngsters coming out carrying . |