Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents made me do it . |
| 2 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 3 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 4 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 5 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 6 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 7 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 8 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 9 | I hate veg cos , since Donna she said oh just try it , my mother ne never made me eat it like . |
| 10 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 11 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 12 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 13 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 14 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 15 | ‘ William made me sell it . |
| 16 | ‘ That horrible Virginia Colton bought it , or should I say made me buy it ? |
| 17 | He made me put it down and began a long , fast conversation with the soldier . |
| 18 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 19 | She made me see it , and the different evergreens , and the red berries and the dogwood and the sheltered bench and the silvery fish in the little pool … |
| 20 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 21 | He let me hold it once . |
| 22 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 23 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 24 | Me and your mam did one this morning , I had about twenty minutes left on it and she helped me finish it off |
| 25 | She helped me carry it far along the dunes , dutifully clutching the lines and winch to her flat little chest and clicking the ratchet on the drum , until we reached a point well out of sight from the house . |
| 26 | Annie helped me put it on . |
| 27 | But he adds wryly : ‘ I meet people who actually heard me say it , so there 's no point in arguing . ’ |
| 28 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 29 | Now you 'd better ask the question — did I do it ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why did I do it ? ’ |