Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 2 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 3 | ‘ Peter Seabrook helped me build the pond on the programme , ’ he pointed out . |
| 4 | But there 's nothing wrong with challenging people on a personal level and letting them make the choices … ’ |
| 5 | Too often in the past , he said , politicians had been bamboozled by specialists into believing that the problems were so great that the answer was to set up bodies like the UGC and let them make the decisions . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 7 | CAN ANYBODY be expected to take the Deputy Director of Wirral Social Services seriously when he suggests that feeding curry to toddlers will help them counteract the evils of racism ? |
| 8 | Yet a combination of things , active marketing by both the gallery and the artist herself , made me make the journey to Watermans . |
| 9 | ‘ Fred lets me make the decisions , an' it was my idea ter sort this back room out . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then I 'll let you make the decisions that affect all nomes ’ bodies , ’ said Gurder , his voice just one step away from being threatening , ‘ and you 'll let me make the decisions that affect all nomes ’ souls . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll let me make the cakes ? ’ |
| 12 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 13 | Let me make the position absolutely clear to the House . |
| 14 | But let me make the point here that separatism and man-hating are different things . |
| 15 | ‘ You can come through to the kitchen and help me make the tea , ’ Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen — that is if you could call it a kitchen . |
| 16 | Makes me think the things I 'm saying are very clever . |
| 17 | I smiled and her eyes smiled back enough to make me think the ice could just possibly melt there under the right circumstances . |
| 18 | Watching Jamila sometimes made me think the world was divided into three sorts of people : those who knew what they wanted to do ; those ( the unhappiest ) who never knew what their purpose in life was ; and those who found out later on . |
| 19 | We will ensure that all 14–19 year olds have a personal tutor and careers advice , helping them build the foundations for personal fulfilment and success . |
| 20 | They went ahead and applied to Hesel Heseltine , who agreed to let them build the power station . |
| 21 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 22 | erm make me explain the difference between irony and sarcasm . |
| 23 | Er , I missed the train , the video thing would n't work when I showed my film lunchtime and er , the book that had to read , er , unfortunately , is not in the library , so er , the le let me explain the background to this . |
| 24 | Always makes me laugh the way he sounds so surprised that announcing record profits and asking customers to pay more . |
| 25 | Let me introduce the Bovril Babe . |
| 26 | They 're even prepared to come for free , if we let them mime the record . " |
| 27 | If you become pregnant you should tell your Social Security office and let them know the date your baby is due , so that you can get tokens for seven pints or eight half-litres of milk each week for yourself until your baby is born . |
| 28 | We 'll let them know the date we 're going to start , and offer incentives if they sign up before that deadline . |
| 29 | My ambition is to help them win the Cup or the League — or both . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |