Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works . |
| 2 | It was odds on that the cops had got to him by now , but in case they had n't it might pay me to square things with him . |
| 3 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 4 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 5 | It did n't occur to you that we go away from here to be private , that our holidays are our own affair , that it might humiliate me to have Edwin Lorrimer know that I ca n't afford to take you to Venice , even on a ten-day package tour . |
| 6 | Well if I get this , if I start this job it 'll start me saving again . |
| 7 | ‘ It 'll make me want to be a Brownie even more ! ’ |
| 8 | Well , it 'll make me laugh , anyway . ’ |
| 9 | It 'll make me wet my pants . ’ |
| 10 | It 'll save me digging . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe give you a wee lesson so it 'll save me going on a course so you could bring in all could n't you ? |
| 12 | Also it 'll help me to see er if I 'm doing the lesson properly . |
| 13 | It 'll help me to slim . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It could send me to jail . |
| 15 | ‘ It 'd make me feel a lot better , ’ said Grimma . |
| 16 | It 'd make me pack it in and go to Canada if I was younger , but you ca n't leave England , can you ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'd buy grams whenever I could as it 'd save me going over to Liverpool to score . |
| 18 | If they said I was mad it used to make me feel good . |
| 19 | It used to make me feel good , but it do n't any more . ’ |
| 20 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 21 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 22 | So I phoned around various contacts to see what it would cost me to have a tank made up by the ‘ local chap that most enthusiasts and many dealers tend to have tucked away somewhere . |
| 23 | It would tempt me to interfere . |
| 24 | It would save me watering tonight before I leave for London . ’ |
| 25 | It would save me minutes . |
| 26 | But Miss Philimore seems to think she 's all right so long as she 's watched , and it would save me having to look for someone else . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It would delight me to know exactly that , ’ he aimed back at her pointedly . |
| 28 | Furthermore , it would please me to give you an allowance for your personal use . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It would kill me to walk four miles . ’ |
| 30 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |