Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 2 | Look what I made appear mum |
| 3 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 4 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 5 | " Curling pins and clothes now and again , not a lot though , I make do . " |
| 6 | I make speak , ‘ I keep my ball belong me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | remember that digger daddy had when I helped build the run ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | and I bi , you know that big loft I helped get the , get the la big lathe he bought from the |
| 11 | When the Colonel was alive , he always took me shooting with him , and I helped look after his guns . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She boldly insisted , ‘ I have never let anyone I interviewed check my own copy before publication . ’ |
| 16 | The trail goes steeply down and the speed increases , and I let go of the sledge rail to wipe my goggles — a fatal move . |
| 17 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |
| 18 | I let go of the beam and dropped with bent legs so as to splash down softly and felt the breath rush out of my lungs from the iciness of the river . |
| 19 | I let go of things a bit . |
| 20 | I let go of his arm and sat down , right next to him this time . |
| 21 | If I hold on to these things they go , and if I let go of them they go , and so my life goes . |
| 22 | I have changed enough now to be shocked by the ease with which I let go of my Black identity , situated as it was in my real subordination on the basis of race and class , in exchange for an illusory equality with white men on the sexual plane . |
| 23 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 24 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 25 | I let go a lungful of air , slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan . |
| 26 | I let go . |
| 27 | So I let go of the pendant , gathered myself , and looked around . |
| 28 | I let go the chain and gave a final shout , " Now get back in there ! " |
| 29 | But when I let go of these weapons , how can I fight for my people ? ’ |
| 30 | Catching hold of her and she could n't get back do you seem because he had slipped this hand down this stick , got hold of her and he you see , and then I let go of the dog and take the the front feet and we used to drag her out like that you see , from the burrow and put her in a bag . |