Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 2 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 3 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 4 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 5 | Belief made them see it . |
| 6 | ‘ My parents made me do it . |
| 7 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 8 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 9 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 10 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | I hate veg cos , since Donna she said oh just try it , my mother ne never made me eat it like . |
| 15 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 16 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 19 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 20 | ‘ William made me sell it . |
| 21 | ‘ That horrible Virginia Colton bought it , or should I say made me buy it ? |
| 22 | He made me put it down and began a long , fast conversation with the soldier . |
| 23 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 26 | He let me hold it once . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Got you got erm a pair of two lovers er , a woman 's house got burnt down and the man next door went down there and helped them build it up . |
| 29 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 30 | Me and your mam did one this morning , I had about twenty minutes left on it and she helped me finish it off |