Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In the dressing room before kick-off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone .
2 ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs .
3 That we should cut off the electricity and make everyone live in the dark ?
4 We 'll make your blood run cold and make you laugh on the Sinister side of your face at Women 's Wit and Wickedness .
5 He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish .
6 And I 'm going to have this white frill sp er erm roll , and I 'm going to roll the fabric I 'm going to leave all the pleating , not cut into that , but cut the valance platform and fold it over if you understand me and make it go over the the pole .
7 Their activity amazed and baffled even the sceptical Bernier : ‘ They tell any person his thoughts , cause the branch of a tree to blossom and to bear fruit within an hour , hatch an egg in their bosom within fifteen minutes , producing what ever bird may be demanded , and make it fly around the room . ’
8 was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better
9 ‘ Perhaps we can bring him here and let him rest under the trees .
10 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts , and let him return to the Lord and he will have compassion on him .
11 and let him listen to the heart
12 ‘ We called the police and let them go through the house .
13 Seek the Lord while he may be found , call upon him while he is near , let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man is thoughts and let them return to the Lord , for what 's gon na happen , for he will of compassion on him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon those words were very quoted from Acts , chapter sixteen , when that Philippine jailer said Lord what must I do , sir what must I do to be saved and there Paul timac believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved this is God 's way by repentance in faith that 's presented in Jesus , he is the only saviour , not your works , not my works , not our good deeds , not our religious observances , he is the only saviour , did he not say himself I am the way the truth and the life , nobody comes to the father but by me .
14 If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done .
15 If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first .
16 Twist some lengths of red ribbon and let them fall down the sides of the cake .
17 He unfastened them without haste , still smiling , tossed sword and sheath out from him through the trefoil opening , and let them fall into the presbytery .
18 Untie the winds , and let them fight Against the Churches .
19 They would salt them down and let them lie in the brine for a while and they would take them out and dry them .
20 So we dismantled the screen over the window and let them fly around the back of the barn .
21 Rachaela had not offered her anything to drink , and let her go to the door unaided , pulling on her ridiculous gloves , until she looked like a parody of a bear .
22 She made to push blindly past him , and to her vague surprise he stood back slowly , and let her pass into the hall , his eyes shuttered , his mouth grim .
23 Today I asked him to bind me and gag me and let me sit at the foot of the cellar steps with the door out open .
24 But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver .
25 and let me deal with the first form ?
26 Rutherford cites Lawrence 's own remark in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom to the effect that this identification ‘ quitted me of my English self , and let me look at the West and its conventions with new eyes : they destroyed it all for me ’ .
27 Andrée said not unreasonably , ‘ Why not do as I ask you and let me look after the consequences ? ’
28 Come here and let me take off the spell . ’
29 Let us then turn to the ordinary dealings of modern life ; and take an illustration from a corn-market in a country town , and let us assume for the sake of simplicity that all the corn in the market is of the same quality .
30 Please talk to your class members and let us know at the March QT DAY if you feel there would be support for the idea .
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