Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horrors of war made them want to prevent conflict . |
| 2 | Me daring to negotiate conditions , under those circumstances . |
| 3 | But being happy always makes me want to buy things . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is this point of political reassessment ; perhaps it is because I am mid-way through my life — the time when the past stretches widespread enough to contemplate , and the future is no longer infinite — which makes me want to catch memories . |
| 5 | It makes me want to bring sanity into an insane land . |
| 6 | When the ‘ Robert Johnson , Father of the Delta Blues ’ album came out , that was one of the main things that made me want to play slide . |
| 7 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 8 | The agreement was a verbal agreement only on the first day of the new year and the two of them agreed to share profits equally . |
| 9 | An additional problem that has dogged personality theories is that of tautology ; if the categories are to mean anything , they must not be identified only by the fact that the people who fall into them tend to commit crimes . |
| 10 | It would clearly be in their interests for them to agree to bid £10 an acre for one-half the acreage each . |
| 11 | In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April . |
| 12 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 13 | The popular tabloids , on the other hand , charge considerably less for their advertising space per thousand readers than do the qualities and this forces them to try to maximize sales . |
| 14 | Another increasingly common way round the rules at the time was to engage in lease/lease-back arrangements , which became more and more complicated as the rules surrounding them tried to plug loop-holes , until they were finally outlawed in 1987 . |
| 15 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 16 | Everyone has to put limits on their emotional engagement with others — comprehensive engagement would be intolerable . |
| 17 | What she wants to talk about , everyone has to do matrix or learn more of the crap . |
| 18 | European directors of the World Bank and IMF , some of whom want to help Vietnam make economic reforms , criticise the American veto . |
| 19 | Normally we heat it first and add biscuit so that the dogs have a warm , mixed meal , but tonight Odd-Knut is considering giving it to them frozen to save time . |
| 20 | Allied governments have sent the Russians several extra conditions to set before Iraq , most of them designed to make withdrawal as humiliating as possible for Mr Hussein . |
| 21 | With only two days to see Paris no-one wants to waste time in car and boat . |
| 22 | People , no-one wants to see Hospital closed . |
| 23 | I dare say everyone tried to remember Abo and her 11 empty years . ’ |
| 24 | After that everyone tried to help Karen . |
| 25 | Everyone wants to see justice done . |
| 26 | Everyone wants to avoid ill-health and the limitations that go with it but , like all good machines , the body needs to be lovingly tuned and oiled . |
| 27 | ‘ After every slump there 's a pick-up , and then everyone wants to make commercials . |
| 28 | In principle , everyone wants to end poverty and hunger , save whales and fluffy seals , find a cure for cancer or HIV . |
| 29 | ‘ Everyone wants to shake hands and talk football . |
| 30 | What am I a-going to do til the lil owd basket come back agin ? ’ |