Example sentences of "he [verb] i [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been bad he made me copy the notices and labels in cases . |
| 2 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 3 | It 's very peculiar — he made me feel a fool . |
| 4 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 5 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 6 | He helped me shift the tea-chests |
| 7 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 75 ) presents the difference between ( 15a ) and ( 15b ) below as one of " immediate " vs " mediate " assistance : ( 15a ) He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder ( He climbed with me ) . |
| 8 | yes last week he helped me turn the garage out he took all the rubbish left over from the tip down to the tip . |
| 9 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 10 | ‘ He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it . |
| 11 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 12 | He let me know every day that he longed to escape from Reine altogether . |
| 13 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 14 | Harvey looked doubtful , but he let me take the gun from him . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do you think he let me take the firm over ? |
| 16 | And sometimes he lets me pull the strings . |
| 17 | ‘ He makes me laugh a lot . |