Example sentences of "me to give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Thirty years they 've trained me to give nothing away and you can still read me like a book . ’ |
2 | Now I am suitably softened up , what more can you say to persuade me to give everything up to Benedict ? ’ |
3 | Like me to give them a ring ? |
4 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
5 | What do you want me to give him this time ? ’ |
6 | He wants me to give him his lunch back ! |
7 | He wanted me to give him ideas . |
8 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
9 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
10 | ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said . |
11 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
12 | Bill can give , he can give it me to give her . |
13 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
14 | So why were you trying to con me to give me one of mine you little conniving |
15 | Questioning is by way of being a bargain : ‘ You are asking me to give something up ; well then , give me a good reason for doing so . ’ |
16 | When God comes and he asks me to give something , whether it 's my finance , whether it 's my time , whether it 's my , my abilities , whether it 's , even my life itself for him , he only asks because he has already done it . |
17 | I even hoped the Germans would overrun our positions and so allow me to give myself up as a prisoner . |
18 | Within minutes I was safely on board with my bag , leaving Mrs Knelle waving and asking me to give her good wishes to her friend in England . |
19 | Now , reflects Neneh , ‘ Naima and I are really like partners — she trusted me to give her strength and security , and I gained a life in my life — that 's been a complete life-saver a lot of the time . |
20 | She 'll want me to give her money for that wretched foundation of hers . ’ |
21 | In any case would not the right course require me to give his advice prima facie rather than pre-emptive force ? |
22 | As Eliot had allowed me to give his name as a reference , my appointment , in the face of a number of other young men hungry for employment and no doubt better qualified ( for I had neither teaching experience nor teaching qualifications ) , may well have owed much to him . |
23 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
24 | The following memorandum was presented by Vial , and read by the secretary : ‘ When the Members of the Veterinary College were occupied by objects to which I was in no wise competent I was absolutely silent — but now that it is a question to chuse [ sic ] a convenient situation for the establishment of the College , I think it a duty incumbent on me to give my advice on this important point . |
25 | Jim Rosenthal of ITV kept asking me to give my side of the story and in the end I did , appreciating the opportunity to put the record straight . |
26 | Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders . |
27 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
28 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
29 | ‘ She wants me to give it up and she 's really going to kick my tail this time , ’ he said . |
30 | I am saving up a full account until our return , for it is impossible for me to give it in writing . |