Example sentences of "them [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 | Got you got erm a pair of two lovers er , a woman 's house got burnt down and the man next door went down there and helped them build it up . |
| 9 | Let them know it 's going to have a fabulous programme and be full of people they know or others of a like mind . |
| 10 | A sticker in the window will let them know it 's now worth it ! |
| 11 | I 've let them know it 's , it 's going ahead erm and that the vote is coming off . |
| 12 | They think they can rule the world , well , to be fair , they probably could , only it 's as well if you do n't let them know it . |
| 13 | Though they are what is commonly called our enemies , yet , if they make proper use of what I have laboured for , let them enjoy it with the blessing of God . |
| 14 | He was the possessor of learning which he shared unselfishly with his students , making them feel it was just as much theirs as his . |
| 15 | If you want to motivate them to go out and sell that product , you 've got to make them feel it is important to them . |
| 16 | Let others have felt this way , let them feel it now ; it would never be exactly like this , never be identical . |
| 17 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 18 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 19 | Men wearing white gloves moved it , but you could n't see them do it as the bodies were out of shot . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No one makes them do it ? ’ |
| 21 | The preceding text contains a simple message : parents take action to solve behaviour problems ; professionals take action to help them do it . |
| 22 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 23 | With that , the situation transcends the initial paradigmatic form or structure of coercion ; for if people do n't mind doing what you want them to do , you ca n't really be making them do it . |
| 24 | Do n't let them do it , boys , he 'd said to them . |
| 25 | ‘ Those things must have implanted some sort of image in their mind , stimulated the right emotions to make them do it . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't mean that they went on strike , it was well , ‘ let them buggers do it-they 're the ones in the position let them do it ’ . |
| 27 | I 've found that after a few years experience you can tell , you just can you know ; which even if you 've got a group with two very imaginative kids in , who can play instruments really well , and the others sit back and let them do it , then you might give the difference between two out of ten and nine out of ten for effort in the same group , but for the overall effect they would then get the same mark for the group thing . |
| 28 | It is worth considering how to start the investigation : whether to do a bit yourself first to get them going , or work with the whole class as a large group , or just state the problem and let them do it all . |
| 29 | ‘ Let them do it themselves . ’ |
| 30 | It 's a crime to let them do it , a bloody crime . ’ |