Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Switch off that machine and let me die now . ’ |
| 32 | For my good lady loved singing and dancing and made me learn both . |
| 33 | Yes , it 's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest . |
| 34 | I should be grateful if you would put this to the Women 's Institute and let me know by 14th January if you are able to send a representative to the meeting . |
| 35 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 36 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 37 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 38 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 39 | Whenever I visit Ian , seeing the fostering going on in various degrees , I 'm filled with admiration and feel I want to let the world know . |
| 40 | ‘ You can come through to the kitchen and help me make the tea , ’ Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen — that is if you could call it a kitchen . |
| 41 | So Judge — gave us a 21-month suspended sentence and let me walk out the court . |
| 42 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 43 | ‘ I 'm to be slightly too clever , the hare to your tortoise , so that you can plod past me half-way round the course and make me look a fool . ’ |
| 44 | He pipped me mum and made me jump out of my bloody skin . |
| 45 | Eventually , he arrived at her side and , exasperated , flung his clubs down the bank and exclaimed crossly : ‘ Here , lady , for God 's sake , let's do a swap ; you have these damned clubs and let me have your fishing rod . |
| 46 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 47 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 48 | I immediately backtracked , and he said with a sorrow that made me feel guilty , ‘ When push comes to shove , nobody wants me . ’ |
| 49 | Ian is OK — friendly and cheerful — but there 's something about Robert that makes me want to fight him all the time . ’ |
| 50 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 51 | Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together . |
| 52 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 53 | It was extremely effective , did n't pull any punches , but had caught my eye and made me think . |
| 54 | It 's a wonderful opportunity , please do n't discard it out of hand because of pride or pique , just think it over for a few days and let me know your decision when you are ready . ’ |
| 55 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 56 | falling down his trousers and make me laugh and shout , I 'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , the funny circus clown |
| 57 | I enclose the sheet of classes in Scotland as last known — could you please check the details of all your classes and let me know as soon as possible if there are any alterations or additional details available . |
| 58 | A few monsters lay against my body and made me warm . |
| 59 | They were guilty as hell over the East German business and made me look a fool . |
| 60 | What I would like to know is : what damage is the soot doing to my fish and do I have just cause to go to the council to get something done about it ? |