Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want to see them receive a contract of employment which would extend their rights , particularly in relation to health and safety . |
| 2 | ‘ If the bones are my family 's I 'd like to see them have a decent Christian burial in a Russian Orthodox church . |
| 3 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 4 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 5 | The combination of the sophisticated impresario with his driving ambition and the outspoken Newcastle woman with her earthy language and manner to match , made them appear a strange couple . |
| 6 | Strings were apparently omitted since the small scale ( the whole box is less than 16″x9″ ) made them look a bit stupid . |
| 7 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 8 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 'd make me feel a lot better , ’ said Grimma . |
| 10 | Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , he 'll make me look a hundred and three , ’ said Lucy . |
| 12 | Oh dear , he thought , she 's going to cry and make me look a bastard in front of all the doctors and nurses . |
| 13 | Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig . |
| 14 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 15 | It 's showing we care for them , showing we do n't like what they are doing , helping them solve a problem . |
| 16 | The fact that we had an armed guard lowered no one 's spirits ; made everyone feel a lot more comfortable , including , if they only knew it , the ex-FAKINTIL chief sapper himself . |
| 17 | It was only semi-erotic because she made me wear a condom . |
| 18 | I thought about it and it made me feel a bit better . |
| 19 | That made me feel a bit of an outsider . |
| 20 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
| 21 | ‘ She made me walk straight and tall again , made me feel a complete man with her excellently designed footwear , ’ he had boomed . |
| 22 | They gave me a pethidine injection which just made me feel a bit sleepy . |
| 23 | It 's very peculiar — he made me feel a fool . |
| 24 | Teaching practice made me feel a lot less dispirited . |
| 25 | That made me feel a bit better , so I tottered to the top of the hill and stared bleakly around , in the equally bleak daylight . |
| 26 | You know , it made me feel a bit sick last night . |
| 27 | Her kind indulgence made me shrink a little . |
| 28 | It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this ? ’ |
| 29 | Something in me , some memory of earlier days , made me respect a woman for whom God was not only a Sunday thought . |
| 30 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |