Example sentences of "i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 32 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 33 | Even when he was n't there he 'd let me stay on . |
| 34 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 35 | ‘ Let me stay here ! |
| 36 | ‘ Let me stay , and you and Phyllis go . ’ |
| 37 | Will you let me stay ? ’ |
| 38 | Please let me stay with you ! |
| 39 | Honestly , please let me stay . ’ |
| 40 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 41 | Let me stay with you . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Let me stay with you tonight . ’ |
| 43 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ And since you know it , I do n't understand why you 're making me stay there . |
| 45 | And most of all , that you 'll let me stay . |
| 46 | You may be responsible for my being here , but you ca n't make me stay . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Claudia , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd be immensely pleased if you 'd let me stay with you at your place and take care of you for a while . |
| 48 | ‘ Letting me stay . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ If you let me stay , I 'd keep out of your way . |
| 50 | It suited you to let me stay , did n't it ? |
| 51 | ‘ You let me stay aboard Water Gypsy — even though you hated the idea . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Please , let me stay another minute or two , ’ said Melissa quietly . |
| 53 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 54 | You made me stay with you while they were away and you should n't have . |
| 55 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 56 | I 'm really disappointed cos I do n't think my mum will let me stay now ! |
| 57 | You let me stay last year . |
| 58 | Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me . |
| 59 | Let me emphasize here that functionalists are happy to accept that many of our mental states are associated with conscious awareness . |
| 60 | Let me emphasize that , so far as Andrew and I were concerned , it was a love-match . ’ |