Example sentences of "they [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 2 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 3 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 4 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 5 | Never let them think she knew they fancied her . |
| 6 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 7 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 8 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | And it 's always a good idea to let them think you 've got better enchantments in your armoury than you actually have , if you take my meaning , even if you have n't got any enchantments at all . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 12 | The trick is to make them think you 're buying them from Harrods , not Woolworth 's at sale time . ) |
| 13 | ‘ You 're trying to make them think you 've been coming in to see me ? |
| 14 | Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it . |
| 15 | You do them up , you do n't da you muck them out , dress them over , let them loose they have a easy time like we do . |
| 16 | Our aim will be to understand and , where appropriate , to modify the potency of these feelings and the way we let them affect us when conflicts arise . |
| 17 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 18 | A to help men get sexually aroused , B to make them make them look like women 's legs , C to prevent men getting sexy aroused ? |
| 19 | And we 've got to help them make it come true . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | she said you let them treat you like that , |
| 22 | Not surprising , if you 're in the habit of picking up strange young men on canal boats and letting them cuddle you ! ’ |
| 23 | Hugo looked at his contemporaries , less clever than himself , and saw them outstrip him . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She 'll ring Hong Kong , let them know we 're on our way . ’ |
| 27 | Let them know we 're alright Paul . |
| 28 | Patrol leader Captain David Hall said : ‘ We 're letting them know they can get food without instability . ’ |
| 29 | They certainly did n't choose to drop out of society like their New York City equivalents who could always return to daddy 's money ; rather , theirs is a quest to reflect the plight of the dispossessed and let them know they 're not alone , to offer the disaffected hope , and to somehow go beyond merely preaching to those who already understand . |
| 30 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |