Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I pay the rent and he lets me sleep here . ’ |
| 2 | I keep getting awful pains in my side and it makes me go all hot . |
| 3 | She meant it as a compliment but it made me sound like her GP . |
| 4 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 5 | ‘ God forbid ! ’ said Dionne , ‘ just that I 'm living with a delinquent at the moment and it makes me feel mature . |
| 6 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 7 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 8 | He ca n't see me of course but it makes me feel funny . |
| 9 | Might have got more trade if we did I suppose . |
| 10 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 11 | ‘ Now get out of sight until you see me come back . |
| 12 | I have studied its history because it is the land of my birth and I feel I know it well , but only as a student , not as a patriot , not even as an exile . |
| 13 | ‘ However , there are a lot of good players from around Europe playing on the Swedish Tour and it made me realise what I have to do to make it as a pro . |
| 14 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 15 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |
| 16 | Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ Honest , I 'd never seen 'im before , I just bumped into 'im in the fog and it made me sprain me ankle . |
| 19 | I did n't know till the next we er till the weekend and he made me know as I 'd swore . |
| 20 | Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him , or did I hinder ? |
| 21 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 22 | I should n't have asked that , Florence Ames thought , he does n't care to be questioned about his mother and it makes me seem too familiar , too prying . |
| 23 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |