Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ( 128 ) Other women — they only made me love you more .
2 The bridge was like a symbol which suddenly made me realise what is happening to that country .
3 There was every possible opportunity and we discussed it ; he was keen but not importunate , which naturally made me love him more and be more inclined to give him what he was so sweetly not insisting on , but something held me back .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 So let me leave you with a few wise words .
6 So let me tell my tale .
7 I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived .
8 So let me tell you about our Emperor 's hopes for the fullest possible form of control … ’
9 So let me show you what I mean by freedom .
10 So let me confine myself simply to inviting erm , Penny , to propose the resolution .
11 In a book of this length it is n't possible to cover everything , so let me declare my hand right away : what interests me most is the brain .
12 I think you 'll look terrific in those hotpants , so let me buy them for you ? ’
13 So let me buy you a coffee . ’
14 So let me ask you honestly , the man we met in Newgate was n't Taplow , was he ? ’
15 So let me add mine — thank you very very much .
16 So let me have your queries regarding these machines as well .
17 Long enough to let me do what I need to do in Lothian .
18 He turned round often enough to let me know he was looking for me .
19 He slips his hand inside the unzipped top of his jogger suit and withdraws it enough to let me see his gun .
20 suddenly lets me see he has
21 You 'd better let me carry you down . ’
22 ‘ Yes , you 'd better let me tell him later . ’
23 Better let me watch it , I 'm gon na watch that .
24 ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’
25 You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’
26 Only thirty five of the hundred here think that we er , need this monarchy so let me ask you a final question , do you think Britain , therefore , should be a republic ?
27 ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’
28 Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well .
29 I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell .
30 ‘ Not only do I bite my nails , ’ he sighs , ‘ but the skin all around them . ’
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