Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
| 2 | Leafing through them , I could n't see any obvious lies ; he had n't taught me to say anything obscene instead of ‘ Excuse me ’ or ‘ Can you direct me to the railway station , please ? ’ , though I 'd have thought the temptation would have been all but irresistible . |
| 3 | ‘ Or perhaps you were using me to make her jealous ? ’ she suggested tartly . |
| 4 | What do you want me to give him this time ? ’ |
| 5 | Eventually , in exasperation , I looked at him and said ‘ do you want me to take my fuckin' prick out and show it to you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ D' you want me to leave you two together ? ’ |
| 7 | After a long time I said , " Do you want me to leave you alone ? " |
| 8 | Do you want that piece or do you want me to cut you another ? |
| 9 | ‘ Do you want me to make you happy for tonight ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you want me to make you some salad ? |
| 11 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 12 | But unlike Orwell , my journey did n't make me repudiate my own class — it did the opposite , it recuperated my class belonging . |
| 13 | I am particularly indebted to Keith Bennett and Julie Fossitt for allowing me to quote their unpublished results from Loch Lang ; to Hilary Birks and Keith Bennett for reading the manuscript ; and to Hilary Birks for word-processing . |
| 14 | She asked me to give you some good advice . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Benedict asked me to give you this , miss , quiet like . ’ |
| 16 | Then he asked me to do his regular work , but I did n't commit myself . |
| 17 | ‘ She asked me to call her that . |
| 18 | The upshot of this long sessions was that Eliot asked me to send him all the relevant documents , which I did in a letter of 20 May . |
| 19 | Herman asked me to tell them all about Greece — but I had more sense than to do so . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It made me control my own rage , but , like you , I kept the information to myself . ’ |
| 22 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's so sad because he 's so quick , so experienced and he is the guy who made me raise my own game to come out of the blocks ahead of him . ’ |
| 24 | Made me remember her excited over textbooks |
| 25 | I sat in the back with Rayleen ( could n't you have guessed ? ) and she made me put my right hand in her lap while she ran her fingertips over most of the rest of my body looking for other injuries . |
| 26 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 27 | Negotiations took place with the orthopaedic department to enable me to refer my own patients . |
| 28 | Fellow Tablers I thank you most sincerely for the honour and opportunity you have given me to become your sixtieth National President . |
| 29 | Why do you think I told her those stories , the other night , about demons getting their comeuppances ? |
| 30 | ‘ Surely you did n't think I bore you any personal grudge about what happened ? ’ |