Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Was it because of the passion that the excuse me , these women seem to er , be pres having that made them think that er , it was n't er a male who wrote the book or not ? |
2 | ‘ No , no , let me answer that , Peregrine . ’ |
3 | We should approach the white public school middle class networks in the business world and let them deliver some money . |
4 | ‘ Please , let me stay another minute or two , ’ said Melissa quietly . |
5 | Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me . |
6 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
7 | Let me make that absolutely clear . |
8 | " I make the tree stand up , if you let me make some of them little colour things . " |
9 | Or perhaps it is all that rain which makes me want more water . |
10 | Gravity attracts objects towards each other ; antigravity would make them repel each other . |
11 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
12 | All the time you ought to be asking yourself : " why should anyone believe what I am writing ? " and " what have I noticed in the text or in background , contextual materials that makes me think this ? " |
13 | Every time they came forward , you expected something to happen ( perhaps It was sitting in the north bank with the Cockney scum that made me think this ! ! ) . |
14 | The worst day we were out here working on the garden and it made me think this must be what it was like in the trenches |
15 | This is not done by the owners challenging them , or punishing them physically , but simply by making them earn all their privileges . |
16 | Well , let me throw that aside . |
17 | Let me phrase these in terms of my criteria of necessity , sufficiency and specificity . |
18 | Yeah , let me eat this last piece of cheesecake then I can help you |
19 | mm , oh do n't let me eat any more of these because there too sickly would n't you like a Jamaican rum truffle ? |
20 | Let me eat some toast first . |
21 | Daddy 's gon na make me eat some tomato and , and cucumber |
22 | And she makes me laugh all the time — laughter is tremendously bonding , it 's the greatest thing . |
23 | ‘ He was incredibly good company ; he used to make me laugh all the time . |
24 | No Peter does n't make me laugh either . |
25 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
26 | and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing |
27 | And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should . |
28 | And now , one word from me and she 'll be round that police station , letting them know all about you … . ’ |
29 | In former ages we us 'd to give , So that our work-folk like farmers did live ; But the times are altered , we will make them know All we can for to bring them under our bow ; We will make them work hard for sixpence a day , Though a shilling they deserve if they had their just pay . |
30 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |