Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 3 | So no-one got it right , pollsters , reporters or bookmakers . |
| 4 | Let me make you some coffee . ’ |
| 5 | You 'd , you 'd expect me erm er with my finger on that pulse to have made that point to the directors , may be help me make it several times during our sort of discussions about er both this year 's budget and next year 's projections . |
| 6 | Let me make it clear . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Let me make it clear that my borough is willing to help . |
| 9 | He hated to see a dripping tap , and nothing made him angrier than Blackpool Tower blazing with , what to him was , utterly squandered energy . |
| 10 | they have a tendency to open them make them wider apart |
| 11 | The sheer numbers of them make it spectacular although there are no huge centrepiece fireworks . |
| 12 | Then he held two men friends of his estranged wife at gunpoint and forced them to drive him 200 miles to her secret address at Barrow-in- Furness , Cumbria . |
| 13 | ‘ Will you let me lend you five pounds , Len , and take a couple of days at Southend , or somewhere ? ’ asked Clare . |
| 14 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 15 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 16 | To babies had this dried milk and some of them got it cheap and I suppose there was no work and then they were poor were n't they . |
| 17 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 18 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 19 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 20 | Whatever these changes were , many who witnessed them found them worrying and unsettling . |
| 21 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 22 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 23 | It was wrong of me to write you such an angry note : please accept my apologies . |
| 24 | I have a blister under my right ear , and I take twenty-five drops of laudanum every five hours , the ease and spirits gained by which have enabled me to write you this flighty but not exaggerated account . |
| 25 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 26 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 27 | I tolled him i thort he was rong and that the jokes are abowt as funny as some jokes that are very funny . |
| 28 | The limitations inherent in student work became overly familiar and he would ask , despairingly , ‘ How can I make them good ? ’ |
| 29 | How can I make it suitable to send out over the internet to anyone interested . |
| 30 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |