Example sentences of "you [verb] me [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ You make me feel all limp and incompetent . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't believe you made me do that ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 4 | Why did you make me do that ? |
| 5 | ‘ You let me sleep all day ? ’ |
| 6 | " I make the tree stand up , if you let me make some of them little colour things . " |
| 7 | You let me read that story you wrote for your class magazine : The Dragon 's Mouth . |
| 8 | I want you to help me do that now |
| 9 | Why wo n't you let me do that ? |
| 10 | How could you let me do this to us ? |
| 11 | ‘ Er … — could you let me have that again ? ’ he asked quietly . |
| 12 | So why did n't you let me have that one then ? |
| 13 | Well then why did you let me put all your things you have that side ? |
| 14 | " Can you help me find all the pieces ? " |
| 15 | In addition , it has been pointed out ( Erades 1950 : 123 ) that it is not exactly the same thing to ask someone Will you help me get these letters addressed ? as it is to ask Will you help me to get these letters addressed ? |