Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [n mass] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was bitterly ashamed of what I was doing , or letting people do to me , but also of course I got to like it , and even crave it , in a manner of speaking . |
| 2 | He had light brown hair and a feral quality about him that made people do what he wanted . |
| 3 | With the help of his neighbours and by studying every relevant historical record that he could lay his hands on , Gough was able to trace the personal history of every family in his parish — often through several generations — and to show , incidentally , that intermarriage between the long-established families strengthened the bonds that made people think of themselves as a special community somehow different from all the others . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , many people today see the miracles as events that make people believe . |
| 5 | And most things that make people dislike Maastricht are aspects of the Community that predated it . |
| 6 | The aim of the Complete campaign is to change this and Edward Baker believes that letting people try a sample pack will be one of the most effective ways to attract new users . |
| 7 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 8 | It is normally found that although hearing people report more words presented to the RVF rather than to the LVF , deaf people show minimal asymmetry for both English words and drawings of signs ( Phippard , 1977 ) . |
| 9 | Indeed , the principal argument against its use in education has often been the claim that hearing people find it almost impossible to use effectively . |
| 10 | At the same time , however , we have to consider the possibility that members of society ( consumers ? ) may not care about ‘ representativeness ’ : setting up , say , a left-of-centre paper is a considerably simpler task than making people read it . |
| 11 | And if I achieve nothing other than to make people realize that they have a choice if they wish to exercise it , I shall be satisfied . |
| 12 | The fact that meaning is not constructed from the formal language of the message alone is crucial in explaining what it is that makes people perceive some stretches of language as coherent discourse and others as disconnected jumbles . |
| 13 | Drama that makes people laugh . |
| 14 | If you did have a list it one of the list B B C English or Queen 's English or something that makes people know what they w what you 're trying to tell them . |
| 15 | But they like to puzzle and tease and make people think , as well . |
| 16 | I just want us to go there and maybe we can come back from there with a win and make people think well they ai n't so bad are they . |
| 17 | But they certainly catch local attention and make people sit up and take a look . |
| 18 | There is no doubt that it is easy for Monie to win friends and make people care about her . |
| 19 | ‘ We sell it as a novelty and make people sign a declaration saying they understand it is illegal to use it on the UK phone system . |
| 20 | ‘ My job is to go on stage and make people forget about their problems — I do n't want to tell them about mine . ’ |
| 21 | But if you made it law that the breweries would lose their retail outlet and the publican and barman would lose their licences , you 'd soon find they make time and make staff check up to see if people were drunk . |
| 22 | I 've had before where I have been told waited and helped people finish their |
| 23 | Beyond that , governments should step back , and let people do the succeeding . |
| 24 | You might aswell forget about the police force and let people do what they like . |
| 25 | In many ways , it would be better to show respect and let people grieve in private . |
| 26 | Express your support for others and let people know when you agree or disagree , giving reasons why . |
| 27 | So I thought I 'd wait a year or two and let people get into the techno thing and get used to being more receptive to what it is , as opposed to what it was in ‘ 86 , when nobody knew what the term was and everybody was scared of technology . |
| 28 | Remove restrictions on insurers and let people buy for themselves inexpensive insurance . |
| 29 | ‘ We see companies rethinking how they can manage product design , how they can help people communicate between different groups in a company , how they can eliminate printed information and let people see information electronically and browse it exactly the way they want , or how they can keep track of their customers in a better way . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We bring what we believe is the best art , and let people see it in the light of their own country and in the light of their own culture ’ , he says . |