Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 2 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 3 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 4 | He 's proud that Romeo & Juliet introduced children to both Shakespeare and Prokofiev ‘ in a way that makes them think it 's not culture and a bit boring and I wish I could go and watch Neighbours . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 6 | And we 've got to help them make it come true . ’ |
| 7 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 8 | ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’ |
| 9 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 10 | Let me make it clear , football is a game played by one team against another with a ball . |
| 11 | Let me make it quite clear , Pahdra Singh is committed to this club 116 per cent . |
| 12 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
| 13 | Let me make it clear . |
| 14 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Let me make it clear that my borough is willing to help . |
| 17 | As the hon. Gentleman has referred to the Rothschild report , let me make it crystal clear that we have appointed advisers , including Rothschilds , to analyse options for privatisation of the industry . |
| 18 | Let me make it crystal clear — I have done it before and I do not mind doing it again — that I do not have any fundamental or irrevocable objections to timetable motions . |
| 19 | You 'd , you 'd expect me erm er with my finger on that pulse to have made that point to the directors , may be help me make it several times during our sort of discussions about er both this year 's budget and next year 's projections . |
| 20 | But let me make it very clear that it probably was not the best place , a Pathfinder station , for anyone to get near to absorbing the incredible state of affairs . |
| 21 | Let me make it absolutely clear I 'm not suggesting er on behalf of Julie that there was any wickedness in your mind or anything . |
| 22 | ‘ Listen , I do n't know what you 're up to now , but let me make it quite clear that I 'm only prepared to put up with you for the sake of the station and my job . |
| 23 | Let me make it clear , I believe in the Union of Scotland , England , Wales and Northern Ireland as the only sensible and acceptable way of being a member of the European Community . |
| 24 | ‘ But let me make it clear we 're not prepared to train the current SAP . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught . |
| 27 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't put an empty box in a safe ; there must have been something in it when it was put there and the lavender sachet makes me think it must have been something of sentimental value . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 30 | It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley . |