Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ibrahim 's got a video and sometimes he lets me watch it . |
| 2 | But when he lets me switch it on |
| 3 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 4 | ‘ Actually , the house is a dump , but the boss lets me have it cheap . |
| 5 | He do n't mind me asking , and lets me use it . |
| 6 | Ignoring the dig , Lucy said , ‘ Paula keeps a small sailing boat with an outboard motor , and now and again she lets me use it . |
| 7 | When I am called to meet my Maker face to Face , I hope my doctor helps me do it gently , instead of striving to avoid the issue . |
| 8 | I start fiddling about with a brush and then something happens and Donald helps me work it out . |
| 9 | I start fiddling about with a brush and then something happens and Donald helps me work it out . |
| 10 | As a teenager growing up in Liverpool in the Fifties it still makes me feel it 's a bit naff to spend too much time on your appearance . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't put an empty box in a safe ; there must have been something in it when it was put there and the lavender sachet makes me think it must have been something of sentimental value . ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes my helper comes in and says , ‘ It 's time for a walk ’ and makes me do it even if I think , ‘ No I 'm too comfy to move ! ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ The devil makes me do it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ No , it probably makes me appreciate it a whole lot more . |
| 16 | I think of the vast amount of work I 've got planned for six weeks , makes me wish it was about ten . |