Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are between 30,000 and 50,000 Somalis squatting in the tiny littoral state of Djibouti , its government does not grant them refugee status and deports any Somalis - guerrillas or refugees — it catches crossing the border . |
| 2 | Work which can earn me money in my spare time . |
| 3 | ‘ That will make them pause for a while , ’ Jehana said , her tone satisfied . |
| 4 | This was not altruism on the part of the brewers , but was born out of a realisation that preserving the best of their heritage could make them money . |
| 5 | This is a pain that will inevitably turn to anger and might even make them wife or child batterers themselves . |
| 6 | This will make them readier to respond to supplementary questioning . |
| 7 | From the antislavery perspective this would also make them readier to assume the responsibilities of freedom . |
| 8 | ‘ Cherry Pie ’ , the band claim , is all their own , and it will make them dollar millionaires . |
| 9 | ‘ Cherry Pie ’ , the band claim , is all their own , and it will make them dollar millionaires . |
| 10 | Kelly did n't make them quarter to ten comes in . |
| 11 | Even though their main aim has been consolidation in the league , a win today could even make them title outsiders . |
| 12 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 14 | In the latest movie , Carry On Columbus , a female member of the cast screams : ‘ The sharks would n't eat me whole ? ’ |
| 15 | That you may grant me grace . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'll think me catty , but you asked for it . |
| 17 | No one , therefore , would lend them money and the estates went undeveloped . |
| 18 | ‘ I can lend them money instead of going to the pawnshop . |
| 19 | And then the woman that would lend them money 'd say , well you 're not having any more , so you 'd got to try and find somebody else who 'd lend you money . |
| 20 | You 'll eat my bubble squeak when that 's cooking , but you wo n't eat it . |
| 21 | His objective seems to be to make Wells out as obsessive , though far more violent food images could be drawn from Dickens ( ’ I 'll eat my head ’ , in Oliver Twist , etc ) . |
| 22 | ( 1b ) I did eat my porridge . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't eat my pheasant , ’ said Lydia , ‘ being so absorbed in my book . ’ |
| 24 | Yes , it was nice to sit and eat my lunch in peace , with no-one to interrupt me but it is not nice every morning to ‘ bye ’ and leave him in someone else 's care . |
| 25 | The day was moving on faster than I was now and a heat haze shimmered over the Tarn as I came to its banks to sit and eat my lunch . |
| 26 | I ca n't eat my coleslaw . |
| 27 | Yeah , I did n't eat my dinner . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na eat my dinner . |
| 29 | If he comes back , I 'll eat my hat . ’ |
| 30 | Seriously , if Fairclough is n't man marking Shearer on Sunday I 'll eat my hat . |