Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise . |
| 2 | Tammuz' jaded beliefs were not that novel : Quincx had heard them spill from many a Tech-Green 's lips ; but then Ewan had always thought himself unique . |
| 3 | Of course , the fossil hunters will lose all the bones that will erode from the hillsides with no one to see them re-emerge into daylight . |
| 4 | Of course , the fossil hunters will lose all the bones that will erode from the hillsides with no one to see them re-emerge into daylight . |
| 5 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 6 | It 's great to see them perform in those kinds of circumstances . |
| 7 | I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year |
| 8 | T was nice to see them draw against Portsmouth last night — strangely enough todays Scun fails to cover the game at all , I wonder why ? ? ? |
| 9 | We 'd like to see them remain as houses . |
| 10 | Because you like to see them gasp in amazement . |
| 11 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 12 | Having made contact with a group of students at the nearby Architectural Association he went to see them play at the Goings On Club in Archer Street , a tiny place largely frequented by poets . |
| 13 | I would nt be at all suprised to see them play in the ‘ theatre of dreams ’ . |
| 14 | And that I , I would n't be adverse , I know it means you know you , you , if you put s some extra into one thing you 've got to take it away from somewhere else , but I , I , I would be quite happy to see them look at special needs and whether we actually need even more careers officer time for that . |
| 15 | These clubs have been part of the backbone of British rugby for decades , but Mr Salmon would obviously be quite happy to see them fade into extinction . |
| 16 | I 'd like to see them get in there and try it . |
| 17 | We pour much time , money , anxiety and effort into our children simply for the pleasure of seeing them grow into the kind of people we long for them to be . |
| 18 | On seeing them waddle down the street , like a mass of quivering flesh , we usually ran upstairs to warn Mum of the advancing horde . |
| 19 | After that the solid throb of their engines and the thrill of seeing them skim to a halt on the waters of Poole Harbour were mere memories , although they continued to give excellent service in other parts of the world and a travel company has recently introduced a nostalgic flying-boat holiday across Africa on the route once used by Imperial Airways . |
| 20 | I 'm really excited about seeing them live at Wembley . ’ |
| 21 | As for the three goblins , they crept back to the king of the vookodlaks and he beat them all , and made them stand on their heads in the mud for three years and thirty days . |
| 22 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 23 | ( Later ) They wanted to give Lenin tea and to treat him to speeches of welcome , but he made them talk about tactics . |
| 24 | Instead we made them talk about where they lived and about their families . |
| 25 | That made them want to , of course . |
| 26 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 27 | Castleford are unhappy enough about the £145,000 a tribunal made them pay for Steadman , though even with his presence , they were unable to defeat their neighbours , as the second successive Yorkshire Cup semi-final went to a replay . |
| 28 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 29 | The central position which the Communists occupied in these campaigns was a result of their international connections , which made them appear as the principal opponents of Fascism . |
| 30 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |