Example sentences of "he [vb past] i [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 2 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 3 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 4 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 5 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 6 | He made me put it down and began a long , fast conversation with the soldier . |
| 7 | He asked me to do it , as I was ‘ good at maths ’ ! |
| 8 | If you want to know what that actually means see Dr but he asked me to read it out . |
| 9 | Speaking of young men , erm I have a letter here from Mr John who is our local M P , who is not able to be with us today , but erm he in fact would not of , I think , been born at that stage , but erm he did write to me a little letter I 've got this morning from the House of Commons in London and he asked me to read it out . |
| 10 | He let me hold it once . |
| 11 | He punished me to do it today but I got up really early anyhow . |
| 12 | well he told me to say it |
| 13 | he told me to put it on it |
| 14 | But he told me to put it on |
| 15 | Ask Mr , talk to Mr then cos he told me to do it . |
| 16 | He told me to fetch it . |
| 17 | He allowed me to read it . |
| 18 | Then he allowed me to rub it into his injured posterior , a great thrill for me . |
| 19 | Course , I was looking out the window and I know he took I picked it out and it I looked again , there 's another one in there , course she 's only getting out the bath put them in a bowl like I was ! |
| 20 | ‘ He sent me to stop it . ’ |
| 21 | He knew I knew it . |
| 22 | He knew all this and he knew I knew it . |
| 23 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 24 | He meant me to pass it on to my son . ’ |
| 25 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 26 | ‘ Just checking for snipers , ’ he answered , and for a second or two he had me doing it as well . |
| 27 | Oh yeah , there was n't that erm gar garden centre , it was on the radio today and he 's saying erm , I really regret having the face changed , he said I wish it could be back |
| 28 | He said I bet it 's that that 's been , oh and then it jumped down and ran corner at g where ch caravan is , he said I bet that 's what 's been eating your bloody daffodil bulbs and that . |
| 29 | Oh he said I said it 's six weeks ' that she 's been here . |
| 30 | And old Joe said he said I reckon it 's a be a whatsit . |