Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught the rollerskating bit but am afraid the rest of it must have passed me by . |
| 2 | It would 've taken me about four hours to do it . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not even grieve over this child , for it would have kept me here . |
| 4 | I remember , again a few years ago , visiting India and buying one or two beautifully carved tables , which had obviously been carved by an individual spending quite a lot of time doing it , and I was impressed at that stage , rather naively perhaps , that if in fact I 'd bought a plain table , an uncarved one , it would have cost me about ten times as much , for the simple reason that that would require a milling machine which was not normally available , and such was the erm economy that it was cheaper for people to do this . |
| 5 | Omitting to tell his wife , he personally assumed financial responsibility for up to £11,000 and it was not until the house arrived at Wembley in March 1924 that he recovered the £6,300 that he had spent , and finally admitted to Lady Emily that he had been ‘ rather fearful of death before repayment as it would have hit me badly ! ’ |
| 6 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 7 | And how long it would have taken me alone ! ’ |