Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at me let fly with a ringing broadside . |
| 2 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 3 | Look what I made appear mum |
| 4 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 5 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 6 | I mean , I was there er , I left yesterday afternoon , I mean , I had to go in early and we had erm an auction and I helped do that . |
| 7 | remember that digger daddy had when I helped build the run ? |
| 8 | Erm by this time the mother er in the other room erm had emerged and I helped bring the other children into the er main main room . |
| 9 | and I bi , you know that big loft I helped get the , get the la big lathe he bought from the |
| 10 | When the Colonel was alive , he always took me shooting with him , and I helped look after his guns . |
| 11 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 12 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 13 | Her name is Odette Smith and when I helped judge the finals , I had no idea what lay behind her fight to look as good as she did on the day . |
| 14 | She boldly insisted , ‘ I have never let anyone I interviewed check my own copy before publication . ’ |
| 15 | Sarfraz Nawaz was the first man I saw do it , but most Pakistan fast bowlers have the ability to swing the old ball . |
| 16 | ( 53 ) I told you all I dared tell . |
| 17 | ( Hichens 1904 : 411 ; in Mulder 1937 : 34 ) ( " I dared tell you no more . " ) |
| 18 | ‘ Christmas was better than I dared expect , ’ she concluded . |
| 19 | And yet , ’ said Philip , shivering as the bleak little wind from Severn ruffled his grey tonsure , ‘ I swear he has received very tolerable usage there , better than I dared expect , and why he keeps such a particular hatred against the lord Isambard is something I can not fathom . |
| 20 | Then I began combing my hair , wondering if I dared use the peroxide . |
| 21 | They guarded their independence fiercely and neither Chris nor I dared ask too often how much progress was being made . |
| 22 | In addition to these , blend dare has also been found with the bare infinitive in a number of other categorizable contexts , all of which can also be shown to be somehow non-assertive : ( 59 ) I only wish I dared write to him . |
| 23 | ( LOB M03 50 12 ) ( " I dared venture no further . " ) |
| 24 | I told Malpass he could find me at Stuart Street and , for a couple of streets , I did head that way . |
| 25 | ‘ And supposing I did talk to someone about my job ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I did talk to her to set her at her ease , ’ he justified mildly . |
| 27 | They did n't talk to me I mean I did talk to they because |
| 28 | I did delegate , but I wo n't do it now , I do literally |
| 29 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 30 | Izzie 's right : I did bring you all your trouble . |