Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't heard them mention it , ’ said Dagmar in a level voice . |
| 2 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
| 3 | And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile . |
| 4 | Why have you heard me say it before today Seems strange that they need to throw out those old curb stones , you 'd of imagined they could of used them again , would n't you ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to see them try it ! ’ |
| 6 | And it 's , and we also need to see them mend it properly . |
| 7 | Seeing them live it 's hard to understand why this situation has come about because , while they fail to break new ground , their quasi-psychedelic pop is pleasantly uplifting and danceable . |
| 8 | she would , she was seeing me do it and I respect what she says and I do what I 'm told no she did n't say that |
| 9 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 10 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 11 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 12 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 13 | Belief made them see it . |
| 14 | You want to scream out and make them stop it , and you want to cringe up your body and hide it somewhere , and there 's nowhere to hide , and the shells keep screaming down and blowing everything up all around you . |
| 15 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
| 16 | I can always make them change it … ’ |
| 17 | You could make them see it so clearly if only you 'd try . ’ |
| 18 | Oh aye yeah they 'd make me buy it . |
| 19 | It 'd make me pack it in and go to Canada if I was younger , but you ca n't leave England , can you ? ’ |
| 20 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 21 | ‘ My parents made me do it . |
| 22 | Well , it was his fault , it was him stealing my money , he made me do it , Officer , I 'm not guilty , M' lud . |
| 23 | ‘ S/he made me do it ! ’ |
| 24 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 25 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 26 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 27 | It was 's fault , he made me do it . |
| 28 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 29 | I hate veg cos , since Donna she said oh just try it , my mother ne never made me eat it like . |
| 30 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |