Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 2 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 3 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 4 | ( 38 ) I helped him address the letters . |
| 5 | I helped him put the frame back . |
| 6 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 7 | ( 16b ) * I helped them carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 8 | ‘ I was only down here the once , you know , early on when I helped you clean the kiosk up . |
| 9 | I thought I heard him bring the cows in earlier but he 's grown so deaf he did n't hear when I called him . |
| 10 | I heard him mention the Crusades and the Inquisition . |
| 11 | I heard him lock the chamber door and , a few minutes later , the mewing of his cat scratching at the wood for admittance . |
| 12 | Then he climbed out , and I heard him unlock the door . |
| 13 | I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat . |
| 14 | I heard him greet the Radio 1 man through the door 30 minutes earlier . |
| 15 | I heard you mention the day you were |
| 16 | ‘ I thought I heard you say the Guild of Merchants ? ’ |
| 17 | Yes , I heard you , yes , I heard you say the other day , and also did read in the press , where you 've been quoted , Councillor Warby , that you would build various by-passes and no doubt you will be putting , I have n't yet heard any amendments to the capital goal . |
| 18 | Right , I er , I heard you say the right answer , so I was obviously incorrect . |
| 19 | I felt him rip the tape off my hands , but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock . |
| 20 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 21 | If we took de Guichet himself — I saw him pass the other day , twice as thick as when I knew him , and the beard changes a man , but I knew that thwarted , ambitious face of his — if we took de Guichet himself , would Isambard give us Harry for him ? |
| 22 | I saw him work the crowd at Leeds . |
| 23 | In a sentence such as ( 30 ) , the event saw obviously can not be conceived as existing before the beginning of the crossing : ( 30 ) I saw him cross the street . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I saw you bowl the chinaman . ’ |
| 26 | As Doreen says to me did I see the one on number six ? |
| 27 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |