Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , you 'd better let me tell him later . ’ |
| 3 | You 'd better let me carry you down . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better let me lead , then , ’ said Gurder , in a matter-of-fact voice . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’ |
| 7 | ’ They brought the nurse round because they 'd never seen me like this before . |
| 8 | I heard enough to make me think it worth my while to talk it over . |
| 9 | If you interested please let me know . |
| 10 | The first drive I went on made me wonder about the sanity of grouse . |
| 11 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State 's comments today were so shabby and his speech was so shallow that he did not make me laugh . |
| 13 | Carol did not let me have a key of my own . |
| 14 | This was just as well , because I must have looked pea green , and it did n't make me feel any better to watch Olive sitting up front chatting to the pilot and navigator , obviously having the time of her life . |
| 15 | That did n't make me feel any happier . |
| 16 | My strap-watch said it was ten minutes off seven and that did n't make me feel any better . |
| 17 | At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . |
| 18 | He did n't make me do anything I did n't want to . |
| 19 | They did n't make me wash my hair which I was very grateful for as I hate having to wash my hair in the bath . |
| 20 | But unlike Orwell , my journey did n't make me repudiate my own class — it did the opposite , it recuperated my class belonging . |
| 21 | Years ago I used to do isometric exercises because they did n't make me puff and they seemed easy . |
| 22 | They did n't make me part of their discussions . |
| 23 | But you did n't let me go like that ! |
| 24 | Sadly , they did n't let me — you do n't have to put this in here — but they did n't let me finish correcting the proofs , cos one of those things , four times is enough . |
| 25 | But listen , you evidently did n't hear me say something important . |
| 26 | ‘ And you did n't hear me come in . ’ |
| 27 | I did n't hear I mean I could hear . |
| 28 | The sermon did indeed make me feel superior : ‘ I know what the preacher means by ‘ the concept of the body in Romans 12 ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd always hung around with boys , never really known any men — certainly no man had ever made me feel and think the dreadful things I felt and thought whenever I saw you ! ’ |
| 30 | You were quite right about Ken Noakes — my experience with him had temporarily made me lose faith in men , and in myself . |