Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] i [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 As I said , I did me shoulder in and it was really bad and me mam got some dikes off me gran who had arthritis and I felt great .
2 Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house .
3 She made me put on my suit and collar and tie .
4 Then she helped me put on my white satin dress , after which I pulled on my shoes .
5 There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business .
6 She watched me go in to the doctor .
7 They made me move in to live with them as something they called their au-pair girl , mostly to exercise two new Great Dane puppies .
8 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 .
9 In return for free accommodation and a lot of my attention , they helped me get up and go to bed .
10 He made me dress up in clothes like my mother 's .
11 I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us .
12 It made me sit down with my wife and remember all kinds of things . ’ ’
13 It made me sit down and think , ‘ I do n't give a damn what they 're saying .
14 He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window .
15 As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . )
16 Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round .
17 Sometimes he let me tag along .
18 He watched me pull down the Jolly Roger and throw it overboard , then he said , ‘ I expect you 'll want to go ashore now .
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