Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 31 | Could you help me fix it ? |
| 32 | Just ask the porter would you help me carry it over to the next platform . |
| 33 | If the children are already working well , perhaps all you need to do is to enter very briefly and present them with a stimulus : " I 'm trying to arrange a birthday party for my nieces and nephews ; could you help me organise it . " |
| 34 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 35 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 36 | Bye yes I , they let me do it on that if you authorise them . |
| 37 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 38 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 39 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 40 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 41 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 42 | He made me put it down and began a long , fast conversation with the soldier . |
| 43 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |
| 44 | He let me hold it once . |
| 45 | Well can I can I amend my question I mean is the is that a full year cost or is it let me try it again erm . |
| 46 | Ibrahim 's got a video and sometimes he lets me watch it . |
| 47 | But when he lets me switch it on |