Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sending out a list of participants to each person , reminding them to please assemble at , but preferably not much before , 1345 for a prompt 1400 start . |
| 2 | If you make the same mistake , er , you have to buy another set , and I double the price for people who have heard me say do n't do this , er , and lie low , you know in the first three months , because I believe in penalising stupidity . |
| 3 | Their mastery of their art was too great to induce them to resort to trick to tell their story . |
| 4 | The I O D also believe that there must be tax incentives to invest in Britain 's small businesses , but they 'd like to see them extended to include the general public . |
| 5 | The lessons are reinforced by a booklet for the pupils and a separate leaflet for the parents which encourages them to discuss smoking with their children . |
| 6 | However , there was no question of assisting them to attempt to overthrow Franco , for the Allies had no interest in destabilizing Spain politically , thereby running the risk either of German invasion or the return of a left-wing Republican regime . |
| 7 | Their neighbour , the writer Julia Strachey , found them " congenial souls and seeing them does cheer one up " , although she recalled one evening when Eliot suddenly emerged in a dressing gown apparently " utterly distraught and Strindbergian , with his at-all-times remarkable manner accentuated into something ghostly and weird . |
| 8 | It appeared that the excitement of seeing me had activated Cedric 's weakness . |
| 9 | Anyone seeing me train knows that I revel in preparation and competition . |
| 10 | And then what really bugs those people is seeing me keep catching up with them . |
| 11 | Do you want me go hire a video camera while I 'm at it ? |
| 12 | Go on , you do n't want me to beg do you ? |
| 13 | What do you want me to do to prove that that was n't me ? |
| 14 | I know I 'm sixteen and old enough to get married but my parents do n't want me to get married yet . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't want me to start flattering you , ’ he said dangerously . |
| 16 | The competition made them decide to move to Easingwold , some 22 miles away as the crow flies and nearer 28 miles along the winding roads . |
| 17 | They were similar types : happy , uncomplicated , but with an undercurrent of seriousness that made them want to take different directions , see with their own eyes , not other people 's . |
| 18 | The horrors of war made them want to prevent conflict . |
| 19 | What was it about the name that made them want to funk on down and start praising the Lord ? |
| 20 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 21 | But , more than that , it made them feel involved at last . |
| 22 | So Anna bullied the trustees into changing her investments , she made them get rid of large blocks of French loan and Russian railways and go into something pacific and domestic instead like American soap companies . |
| 23 | This made them wish to take me to see something more lovely on the island . |
| 24 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 25 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 26 | Rights , which constitute the groundwork of the State , inhere in individuals by virtue of their being members of society : ‘ A State which neglects them fails to build its foundations in the hearts of its citizens . ’ |
| 27 | I expected them to start flexing their muscles in a wrecking , ransacking assault on the ship . |
| 28 | You expected them to stay put . |
| 29 | He presented a strong message to the newly-qualified chemists encouraging them to try to win the confidence of the lay public by admitting to things that go wrong and telling them what was being done about it . |
| 30 | Only later are unanticipated costs and benefits visible ; hindsight can make them appear deliberate all along . |