Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that Robert Lowell got into terrible trouble for quoting private letters in his poetry , but all this happened abroad , so let me quote a phrase from it : ‘ The earthquake was awful . |
| 2 | You 're gon na get so let me have a look while you er |
| 3 | After a few days of being talked to , and stroked with the clippers running , he became confident enough to let me do a full clip ( including his ears ! ) — which just goes to show that patience , firmness and plenty of encouragement are essential when producing a young horse . |
| 4 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 5 | Not only did I draw a blank about the pictures , but political events were moving so fast that the book I had begun to write had ceased , after the completion of the amount of text Faber 's required , to be the one that needed to he written . |
| 6 | That means not only do I get a glass of beer and a scone by the fire , and the chance to pat one of their huge pack of gorgeous shiny dogs , but if I ask politely and do n't step on the Jack Russell , I also get permission to bring my car along the private road . |
| 7 | I console myself by reflecting that not only do I have a higher lifetime-best break than he does ( 34–30 ) , I also hold several other table records . |
| 8 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 9 | They gave me a pethidine injection which just made me feel a bit sleepy . |
| 10 | Just let me take a look at it . ’ |
| 11 | Look what Jesus says here in Luke chapter thirteen , in verse twenty four , just let me pick a few phrases out , verse twenty four it says shall not be able in verse twenty five there was their cry Lord open to us and in verse twenty seven their response depart from me the result in verse twenty eight there was gon na be weeping it was n't gon na be universal , they were not all gon na be saved , they were not all just gon na be swept in in the last day and did n't really matter , you 're all buddies together now in heaven , not at all , this surely what Jesus says here makes it very clear that all will not be saved if at first we 've already mentioned in John er no sorry verse further on in John three this done verse thirty six he who believes in the son has eternal life , but he who does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him , there 's no suggestion there of being ultimately brought in to God 's heaven and ultimately being saved , no it is the wrath of God abideth upon that person . |
| 12 | I should never have come … just let me call a taxi and I wo n't bother you any more ! ’ |
| 13 | Just let me have a quick look |
| 14 | Carol did not let me have a key of my own . |
| 15 | ‘ If yer 'll just let me play a tune I 'll give yer me penny . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … |
| 17 | She got up , went over to their table with the half-smoked stub , and said in her best BBC voice : " Excuse me , but I wonder whether you could possibly let me have a light ? |
| 18 | Only once do I allow a man to stay the night , and I make him sleep upstairs . |
| 19 | Now let me talk a little bit about policies . |
| 20 | Now let me try a first question on you . |
| 21 | Well I 'll tell you tell you who suggested that yesterday now let me have a look it was one of the councillors was n't it said lob it in the bottom of the arboretum lake it was er Conservative Councillor Charles Clarke who said the only suitable place for that daft leaf is in the middle of the arboretum lake . |
| 22 | I used to say , well let me have a fourpenny wrapper and then I , I , and fourpence was a lot of money then . |
| 23 | Well let me have a go of it ! |
| 24 | So if you learn the words this way thinking well do I know a word that 's a bit like it and could I add a bit onto the end that 's another way another good way of learning cos you do n't have to learn class and classical and classic you just sort of learn one of them . |
| 25 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 26 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 27 | Sometimes , but only very rarely do I touch a piece of bliss when I grope in the dark . |
| 28 | Rarely do I see a parent who has decided to buy a book as a present . |
| 29 | Now then let me have a look . |
| 30 | How do I elicit a sense of bold movement in my sentences ? |