Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why have you heard me say it before today Seems strange that they need to throw out those old curb stones , you 'd of imagined they could of used them again , would n't you ? |
| 2 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 3 | She made me see it , and the different evergreens , and the red berries and the dogwood and the sheltered bench and the silvery fish in the little pool … |
| 4 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 5 | ‘ You made me squash it , ’ snapped Victoria and pettishly threw it across the room , where it struck the sleeping dog sharply on the flank . |
| 6 | Me and your mam did one this morning , I had about twenty minutes left on it and she helped me finish it off |
| 7 | She helped me carry it far along the dunes , dutifully clutching the lines and winch to her flat little chest and clicking the ratchet on the drum , until we reached a point well out of sight from the house . |
| 8 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 9 | You let me 'ave it back and what was in it , and I 'll split with you . |
| 10 | If you let me do it , what happens ? |
| 11 | ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’ |
| 12 | Oh well if you let me have it this week I 'll let you have it back at the weekend . |
| 13 | If it 's not for sale , I 'll pay you to let me borrow it . |
| 14 | Ignoring the dig , Lucy said , ‘ Paula keeps a small sailing boat with an outboard motor , and now and again she lets me use it . |
| 15 | ‘ But why do n't you let me cook it ? |
| 16 | ‘ Could you let me 'ave it back , then ? ’ |
| 17 | Why the hell did you let me do it ? ’ |
| 18 | Can you let me do it dad ? |
| 19 | Why wo n't you let me do it ? |
| 20 | Can you let me do it , yeah I 'll do it . |
| 21 | If so , why did you let me have it ? |
| 22 | ‘ Wo n't you help me prevent it being a pointless , sacrifice ? ’ |
| 23 | Could you help me fix it ? |
| 24 | Just ask the porter would you help me carry it over to the next platform . |
| 25 | 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 . " |
| 26 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Bye yes I , they let me do it on that if you authorise them . |
| 29 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 30 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |