Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 2 | The first drive I went on made me wonder about the sanity of grouse . |
| 3 | ( 128 ) Other women — they only made me love you more . |
| 4 | ‘ He only made me cry once , ’ she mumbled against his sweater . |
| 5 | The bridge was like a symbol which suddenly made me realise what is happening to that country . |
| 6 | There was every possible opportunity and we discussed it ; he was keen but not importunate , which naturally made me love him more and be more inclined to give him what he was so sweetly not insisting on , but something held me back . |
| 7 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 8 | ‘ Ireland 's vastly-improved performances obviously helped me get on stand-by for this tour . ’ |
| 9 | if you do n't want it all did I see Robert with you the other day ? |
| 10 | Not only did I draw a blank about the pictures , but political events were moving so fast that the book I had begun to write had ceased , after the completion of the amount of text Faber 's required , to be the one that needed to he written . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’ |
| 12 | Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with . |
| 13 | What was more , not only did I have breakfast with I the family ( I live in the Smiths ' Quarter in Chelsea Barracks ) — toast , bacon and sausages , washed down with milk — but we had no muster parade that morning , and no Adjutant 's Orders to attend . |
| 14 | Not only did I have loops at the edge , but seven or eight stitches actually leapt off the needles . |
| 15 | Not only did I have to borrow a gown , I was even lent a jacket to go under it ! |
| 16 | Not only did I get to model the clothes how I liked , I got to keep them all afterwards . |
| 17 | So long did I have to wait , however , for that second chub , I decide to dispense with floating crust and have a shot at legered crust again . |
| 18 | So did I do well ? |
| 19 | So did I hear you say to your Mum that there 's gon na be a ra exactly the same rap at a |
| 20 | Oh ah yes I bought it in Did I bring you four ? |
| 21 | You just made me kick my ankle and it really hurt . |
| 22 | Helen just made me laugh but this was sober business . |
| 23 | Matthew just made me laugh cos he said like |
| 24 | They gave me a pethidine injection which just made me feel a bit sleepy . |
| 25 | Because he was wrong and he just made me feel really crap . |
| 26 | ‘ It just made me wonder even more why such a destructive hitter has such a modest one day record , with an average of about 27 , ’ said his skipper . |
| 27 | And it just made me realize how fragile life is and how God has got his hand on you and erm how he protected me from erm being killed in that plane crash because it could easily have been my plane |
| 28 | So have I , I 'm sorry , just made me count mine . |
| 29 | fucking made me cringe , that story . |
| 30 | Thus did I emerge from the night tunnel of restless body movement . |