Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , when I look at the pictures of the car after the crash , with the passenger-side floor sill and roof crumpled and distorted and my seat moved forward — which helped trap me in the car — I wonder whether we chose the car on the correct criteria . |
| 2 | " You helped stop me getting the directorship , now you want to drive me out of the Lab . " |
| 3 | And you never did answer me ! |
| 4 | But he did hurt me did n't he ? |
| 5 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 6 | I think the teachers did influence me a lot in their own enthusiasm for the subject ; it seemed to rub off on me , you know ; whenever they taught me something , a new concept or something , I 'd come away feeling enlightened by it , and wanting to know more , just this curiosity for more knowledge . |
| 7 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 8 | ‘ You did make me laugh when you fell over the broomstick . ’ |
| 9 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 10 | And I I er anyway it did make me ill , its it made me bleed . |
| 11 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 12 | All this chaff makes me feel uneasy and isolated — or rather , did make me . |
| 13 | I mean , it did make me realize that for large parts of a drama lesson when the kids were supposed to be working on their own they were n't probably doing an awful lot . |
| 14 | I must just tell you this , Laura did make me laugh , cos she said she stood up and she said , I 'm gon na give my talk about cats so I said , fine . |
| 15 | ‘ She did want me ! |
| 16 | London never did suit me . |
| 17 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 18 | You , you did promise me Mr Chairman , that I could just ask a quick question . |
| 19 | Lewis ought to have gone himself , he is a showman : he might have caught her , Simon 's friend , as he did catch me . |
| 20 | But you did send me postcards . |
| 21 | They did send me a cheque for £8 , which I returned as inadequate . |
| 22 | When lovesome God did send me here |
| 23 | When lovesome God did send me here |
| 24 | Well , I had such a lovely day , it 's so nice and sunny and warm , should have did send me a card |
| 25 | ‘ However , he did show me his dogs ' pedigrees , so I rang the breeder and asked her to send a description of the puppies which she had sold . |
| 26 | She did show me her papers , later on . |
| 27 | I can not truthfully say that my work experience directly influenced my ambitions career wise but it did show me that the music business is not about ‘ Top of the Pops ’ but about a day 's work to be proud of . |
| 28 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 29 | That did rouse me slightly from myself . |
| 30 | What happened to me might have broken me — it nearly did break me — but I got through . |