Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Whatever you have to say will only make me feel uncomfortable . ’ |
2 | ‘ You 'd better let me lead , then , ’ said Gurder , in a matter-of-fact voice . |
3 | You 'd better let me carry you down . ’ |
4 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
5 | ‘ Yes , you 'd better let me tell him later . ’ |
6 | Better let me watch it , I 'm gon na watch that . |
7 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
8 | ‘ Here pet , better let me take some of your things . ’ |
9 | You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’ |
10 | Only thirty five of the hundred here think that we er , need this monarchy so let me ask you a final question , do you think Britain , therefore , should be a republic ? |
11 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
12 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
13 | The young man faltered , but managed , ‘ If you 'll only let me show you — ’ |
14 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
15 | He would just gently let me know his opinion . |
16 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
17 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |
18 | The Secretary of State 's comments today were so shabby and his speech was so shallow that he did not make me laugh . |
19 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
20 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
21 | But we have come out to catch that prisoner , and the Devil himself will not make me turn back . ’ |
22 | That does n't exactly make me feel good . |
23 | He would just make me go and wipe it all off . |
24 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
25 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
26 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
27 | I clutch at his arm , and he holds me , and does not let me go when I am upright . |
28 | ‘ The king will not let me go . ’ |
29 | Why not let me poke around quietly ? |
30 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |