Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 2 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 3 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 4 | Once they made me jump , another couple of them , a couple of years ago . |
| 5 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 6 | I waited to see her face tense as if it was an airtight balloon on a stick ; never mind that it made me choke somewhere in my chest . |
| 7 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 8 | My dad did n't like to beat me , so he made me join him . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ My God , you bloody swine and you made me carry … ’ |
| 10 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 11 | All through the pregnancy I felt special , then suddenly all my friends did n't want to know me , only one friend , Karen , and she made me feel worse , as she was so glamorous and I was sitting there all fat . |
| 12 | And she made me feel about two inches high |
| 13 | I sat in the back with Rayleen ( could n't you have guessed ? ) and she made me put my right hand in her lap while she ran her fingertips over most of the rest of my body looking for other injuries . |
| 14 | Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house . |
| 15 | Me and your mam did one this morning , I had about twenty minutes left on it and she helped me finish it off |
| 16 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 17 | Another time I went to St Kew primary , which is really small and right out in the middle of nowhere , and they made me feel really welcome . |
| 18 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
| 19 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 20 | and he made me feel right guilty yesterday I , I had to buy a packet about three o'clock , so I did n't have any until three o'clock and then talk to the cat and I thought no it 's no good , Margaret I 'll have to hide this packet up |
| 21 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 22 | black welding glasses on , and he turned round and he made me jump . |
| 23 | I did n't know till the next we er till the weekend and he made me know as I 'd swore . |
| 24 | ‘ But without doubt he was the greatest player I have been in the same side with and he helped me improve myself no end . |
| 25 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 26 | Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll tell your mother , ’ I said , and he let me go . |
| 28 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 29 | The worst day we were out here working on the garden and it made me think this must be what it was like in the trenches |
| 30 | ‘ However , there are a lot of good players from around Europe playing on the Swedish Tour and it made me realise what I have to do to make it as a pro . |