Example sentences of "[vb past] you [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who helped you prepare them ? ’ |
| 2 | What sort of things about that phone call helped you make up your mind about the person at the other end of the phone . |
| 3 | ‘ I was only down here the once , you know , early on when I helped you clean the kiosk up . |
| 4 | Pick out some of the comparisons that really helped you imagine what tyrannosaurus rex was like . |
| 5 | FOR 60 years a Mars bar helped you work , rest and play . |
| 6 | There were two clues in the problem : first , that the letters had to appear in the same order , which helped you try out possible solutions ; second , the word " descend . |
| 7 | I 'm surprised that he let you believe he was . |
| 8 | ‘ And she let you keep me ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , he let you see him . |
| 10 | He let you run this place like a fucking doll 's house 'cause he loved you . |
| 11 | What made you want to crawl in with them mucky birds like that ? |
| 12 | ‘ What made you want to go this time , then ? ’ |
| 13 | It made you want to shout out a warning , except that the shout , too , would be pulled into the stitches , given colour , made immobile , inaudible , part of the helpless horror . |
| 14 | Birds did it all the time with ease and grace , but for the crews of the bombers that flew from Fenton Bishop aerodrome she knew that to take off meant dry-mouthed apprehension and an ice-cold hand that twisted your guts and made you want to throw up the supper you had neither tasted nor enjoyed . |
| 15 | What made you want to be a policeman . |
| 16 | ‘ What made you want to go into the theatre ? ’ |
| 17 | It made you want to puke . |
| 18 | The stuff was either rubbish , or twee , or so boring it made you want to puke . |
| 19 | So what made you want to move down here ? |
| 20 | ‘ He would stand there , with his Just William cap on and sing — no movements , just natural , and it made you forget the world . ’ |
| 21 | Each caning made you forget more thoroughly . |
| 22 | That made you cough and blink . |
| 23 | ‘ What made you stop ? ’ |
| 24 | I wonder what made you stop pressing ? |
| 25 | ‘ What made you decide to marry … |
| 26 | What made you decide on X as a career/job ? |
| 27 | WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GO HEALTHY ? |
| 28 | ‘ What made you decide on this trip ? ’ |
| 29 | What made you decide that you did n't have a vocation ? ’ |
| 30 | What made you decide to come back to this ? ’ |