Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were similar types : happy , uncomplicated , but with an undercurrent of seriousness that made them want to take different directions , see with their own eyes , not other people 's . |
| 2 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 3 | Social workers can manipulate their ‘ system ’ in favour of some clients because their agency grants them licence to deploy such commitments . |
| 4 | But I suspect that the unhappiness at home threw me even deeper into my ornithology , and made me want to spend more and more time with birds . |
| 5 | Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent . |
| 6 | She makes you see reason — she made me want to smile more and drink less . |
| 7 | I do n't think I want to do that , but I 'll come earlier and give a hand — that 's if your housekeeper has no objection . ’ |
| 8 | erm but on the other side , I do think I want to say this afternoon that erm the church is trying to do something . |
| 9 | Erm I do n't think I need to say any more , but I promise to come back later when I 've heard what other have , have to say . |
| 10 | Can I + can I make I wanted to make general point earlier . |
| 11 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 12 | You mean I got to send that off ? |
| 13 | Because I 'm not kidding you , see that , I mean I 've to buy big bags of it . |
| 14 | You know , and I mean we we work , you know , it 's like er I mean I have to pay full poll tax and all these type of things too , even though my husband 's on a sort of very er basic sort of wage , and I pay all these things you know . |
| 15 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |
| 16 | Garden staff are often approached by visitors with requests for information , and we would wish to encourage them to continue to provide such a service , provided that this assistance does not interfere with their normal work . |
| 17 | I decided this was because I never wore a tie and one morning my mother found me trying to tie one of my father 's . |
| 18 | Not only did this process of consultation demonstrate that the Council was in charge of its own proceedings , but it brought the bishops together and helped them to get to know one another . |
| 19 | On my first attempt of the Sound and Waves test I managed to score 20 percent , I then decided I had better read the tutorial before my second attempt in which I scored 60 percent . |
| 20 | Erm just remembering say I had to put four O Hs with N H , I was sometimes I was getting it right sometimes I was getting it wrong and stuff like that . |
| 21 | I found I wanted to include more and more of London within one frame . |
| 22 | I do n't want it to be questionable I want I want to make sure that somebody whose gon na be in that environment will settle down . |
| 23 | Walking down the Promenade to the Albion Hotel for luncheon , with Samuel striding ahead like Stonewall Jackson , and Gwendolen having found an apparent soul mate in Lord Beddington , Oliver found himself forced to walk next to Angelina . |
| 24 | D' ya have to draw this ? |
| 25 | How much longer d' ya have to do that ? |
| 26 | You 'll be saying to him , D' ya have to have this on . |
| 27 | Why d' ya decided to give some contact . |
| 28 | It 's a rotten er And you can you you know you 've to fill all the wee tiny holes . |
| 29 | I did n't know you had to deliver that as well . |
| 30 | You 'd need you need to have that to the power of something . |