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object + infinitive
subject + infinitive
past continuous
Object + Infinitive
They allowed us to enter the computer hall despite the fact we had
no cards on ourselves.
My friend’s persuaded me to buy a more powerful VGA. He said it
would be compatible with my motherboard.
He bit my head off without letting me say a word.
Having promised me a bonus, my boss made me work overtime.
Her baby blue eyes made me forget about my brand new ORC
software.
I’ll let you do whatever you wish.
Each time I meet her, she makes me regret the moment I broke up
with her.
Object + Infinitive
i. seem, appear
While I was debugging the source code, she was chatting with her
friends.
My girlfriend was talking to someone on the phone and I was
wondering who it was.
While he was giving a lecture, I was thinking about the problem.
We were enjoying sunshine in Europe while they were getting
drenched in the U.S.
Past Continuous
Used to express:
ii. an action that was taking place at a certain moment in the past
and we place emphasis on its duration
iii. an action that was under way at the moment another action
(expressed by means of past simple) took place; Czech “právě”
She was talking about her problems all the time, but never mine.
My damn brother was changing the settings over and over again.
The reason why I quit teaching is that my students were making
the same mistakes time and time again.
The blasted scanner was failing to operate properly so I dumped it
in the end.
v. modesty, politeness
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