Example sentences of "i [vb past] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made them wash and iron and do certain cleaning jobs to earn their spending money . |
| 2 | I made them suffer and gradually the fear went , but it left a — a sort of boiling rage . ’ |
| 3 | I made them show me their identification … |
| 4 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 7 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 8 | At the top of the back stairs I made them wait . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( 16b ) * I helped them carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 11 | I heard them talk about the ‘ good creature ’ who did these ‘ wonderful ’ things . |
| 12 | The suspects were then brought up by number , a single man at a time ( and as I heard them begin with ‘ one ’ , the skin of my neck tightened in anticipation of gunfire which never came ) . |
| 13 | I heard them say so . ’ |
| 14 | I heard them say that she had been brought to hospital because her belly was still full of urine . ’ |
| 15 | Dickie said , ‘ When I heard them say it was St Benedict 's Hospital I thought it must be for Mr Leland , so I called him . |
| 16 | They pulled us apart and I heard them say , ‘ What a wicked girl ! |
| 17 | I heard them say they had sent for you . ’ |
| 18 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 19 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
| 20 | ‘ I saw them arrive in Paris on the television , ’ Terry went on . |
| 21 | When those silly women went to the downstairs powder room , I saw them go . |
| 22 | But I saw them , I saw them face to face . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw them leave , and their car 's not back . |
| 24 | As her cry rent the air , Mr Lee gazed at his daughter 's eyes and murmured , ‘ I fancied I saw them tremble ’ . |
| 25 | I saw them win . |
| 26 | I saw them play in Hong Kong some years ago and they looked a jolly good side . |
| 27 | ‘ I saw them nudge each other and stare — after all , he is divine . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I saw them die , Mikhail . |
| 29 | Did I did they say anything about adoption ? |