Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The rasping noise was quite upsetting but when he did n't make it I gently shook him to make him breathe again and I did n't feel that I could relax , let alone sleep , for one minute .
2 It was worthwhile , though — not only did he make me feel young and raunchy again , he left me with enough self-esteem to believe in my capabilities as a single mother . ’
3 So did I hear you say to your Mum that there 's gon na be a ra exactly the same rap at a
4 it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really .
5 I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) .
6 Oh probably just did it Do you know what Terry 's do you know what one of my children did today ? do you know what did apart from the fact he spent all day crying then he had to do the corrections , I said go back and do your corrections , said right on your own I wrote something that went no homework done , so he wrote no homework done , no homework done , no homework done !
7 ‘ They were beautiful — I just wondered what made you choose those in particular .
8 The people who like got you to do it get your name and address and everything ?
9 ‘ I once caught her letting one eat his sandwiches in the library which , as you know , is strictly forbidden . ’
10 They have we 're having to employ a specially approved you see we 've got the Health and Safety .
11 Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her .
12 The pain of parting was real and lasting : ‘ so dreadfully had he made me suffer , the chill of Death fell upon my heart ’ .
13 ‘ It almost broke me to hear you accuse me of going to bed with you to get a story .
14 How did they did they begin in sort of in ones or twos ?
15 Yeah , how did he does he live ?
16 How did it make you feel ?
17 , how did you did you find it , going back to a heavy engineering plant like after having been at for a while ?
18 How did I let it happen ?
19 Only then did she let herself watch the clock to the strains of Beethoven 's Apassionata .
20 After a few days , burning with a sense of injustice , Dexter plucked up courage and asked Blanche about her double standards — what right had she to make him listen to her type of music , when he could not force her to listen to his ?
21 Now why did we did we subtract this three from that five .
22 If you were ill , why did they make you go away ? ’
23 Why did she let him get under her skin like this ?
24 Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ?
25 Why did I make you laugh ? ’
26 Why did I let him persuade me to do this ?
27 Why did you make me do that ?
28 Why did you let them bring me here ?
29 Why did you let him do it ?
30 Why did you let me go in there ?
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