Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 2 | One day I hope you 'll let me buy you a slap . |
| 3 | It 's so embarrassing — I really hope you can help me find something to solve my problem . |
| 4 | I hope you can help I have spent hours with Memax etc trying to understand this . |
| 5 | ‘ If I told my therapist that , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ do you think she 'd let me go ? ’ |
| 6 | I hate asking favours of anyone , especially you , but if it does come to that — if your sister gets the police on my trail , do you think you could let me know ? |
| 7 | I do think you should let me go into the pigs . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm told you can help me find an old friend , Carol Flaxman . ’ |
| 9 | You 're stronger than I am , and I know you could make me do … ’ she lowered her lashes in embarrassment ‘ … things … that I do n't want to do . |
| 10 | If I can be of any service to you , at any time , I do hope you 'll let me know . |
| 11 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 12 | I reckon you should let me have one of your cappuccinos Oh yeah |
| 13 | ‘ But I do n't think they would let me run it on the company 's machine , ’ he added regretfully . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you think they 'll let me see her in hospital ? ’ |
| 15 | Well there is , a Co-op bank but I do n't think they 'll let me have some money out of it . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't suppose you 'd let me see Angy 's flat ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | You 're assuming they 'll let me go . ’ |
| 18 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
| 19 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 20 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
| 22 | And do you think he 'd let me have the children ? |
| 23 | ‘ I think you can let me worry about that . ’ |
| 24 | And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden . |
| 25 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
| 26 | I 'm left staring at it with my adrenalin draining into the floorboards , and though I wish she 'd let me take them I find I 'm getting bored . |
| 27 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me sleep in another bed . |
| 28 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me explain to Old Red . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish you 'd let me explain . ’ |
| 30 | I wish you 'd let me cook something for you , what about an omelette ? ’ |