Example sentences of "me [prep] making " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 'll forgive me for making the point , ’ said Calatin , ‘ but you do get the odd rebel , even these days .
2 ‘ Then you can not criticise me for making the best of my situation . ’
3 Many of my hon. Friends will take revenge on me for making that remark , because the Whips hijack hon. Members into taking part in , and thereby lengthening , long and tedious debates .
4 If I accepted this relationship you seem to want , you 'd come to hate me for making you live a lie .
5 Indeed , my legal representative has strongly advised me against making it .
6 I 've had another word with Personnel and they say that even though I ca n't have any more full-timers , I can have a part-timer to help me with making the sandwiches in the morning and clearing up last thing at night .
7 And he had , he had me with making sheds , you know where the leader er printing place is now ?
8 ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’
9 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 .
10 ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time .
11 Still , that discovery never stopped me from making another collection of the glistening best ones that same night .
12 I thought them extraordinary Performances for a Girl of her Age , and one that had so little Advantage ( or rather none at all ) either from Books or Conversation : But my bad State of Health prevented me from making any further Enquiry concerning this young Genius , till about fourteen Months before her Death , when I was first inform 'd she had wrote a Tragedy .
13 Deliver me from making Gods of Kings !
14 And yet the author of so many adulatory sermons preached before James I cries out in these private prayers , ‘ Deliver me from making Gods of Kings ! ’
15 ‘ Save me from making a God of the King . ’
16 ‘ How dare you prevent me from making myself really sick , Matthew ? ’ he taunted .
17 " Maybe , but they wo n't get rid of me by making me clasp hands with you .
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