Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
3 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
4 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
5 | And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | And one day Uncle Edouard said he might let me work on the Aston Martin . |
8 | I know , I say that , and the , the only thing is I was upset over the Leah Manning , being taken off the ambulance you see and whether I will get back I 'm hoping I will because erm he said he will let me know before Christmas so I think he will , he came to Leah Manning to visit me any rights to see me about it , so it was good of him really |