Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in China , people talk with horror of children playing games we happily permit in the West : teasing and even hitting an older relative , for example , to see them pretend pain and fear . |
| 2 | Rasped the feet all up , and blacked them with black ; made them look spick and span . |
| 3 | The best thing to do is to channel this concern in a positive way by helping them practise revision and exam techniques at home . ’ |
| 4 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 5 | My father knew I would n't do biology , but he made me do chemistry and only a small amount of mathematics . |
| 6 | Then Lorne said something that made me half-identify Rimbo as French . |
| 7 | It was the matchman , Tom Boulton , who made me see sense and now I prefer adapted match tackle and tactics . |
| 8 | Even make them change sheets and empty fucking bedpans . ’ |
| 9 | Erm right mm Do you know you know you know D and B do n't you ? |
| 10 | The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | Let them watch television if they want when they want free of charge . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , let them drink beer or cider , ’ said Sophia . |
| 13 | Like , when they come in here I 'll bring them down to the canteen and let them have Coke and sweets . |
| 14 | ‘ Let me tell yow if you ever lay a finger on her yerself , I 'll 'ave the authorities on yer , ’ Mrs Smith was not to be bested . |
| 15 | Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much . |
| 16 | Where there is darkness let me give light and where there is sadness let me give joy . |
| 17 | Let me hold Ben while you go and get 'im . ’ |
| 18 | Dulé sent word from Oualie : ‘ They intend to remain — let me steal Sycorax and Ariel away and then attack them . |
| 19 | one of the lads at work come up says there 's a disco on March twenty eight and before I said I 'm already booked , I said yeah , he says er how much do you charge , I told him and I says well if you let me have confirmation as soon as you can and a deposit of ten or fifteen pounds as soon as you can |
| 20 | I were gon na say I seen you get chocolate but I did n't see you get Smarties . |
| 21 | Let her eat lunch and then give her a mild tranquilliser . |
| 22 | Personally , I would like to have seen him play Karpov but that seems destined to remain the match that never was . |
| 23 | Let him renew Wayne cos our phone bill |
| 24 | Then let him play rattle and shake . |
| 25 | ‘ You let him believe Oliver and I were moving into his territory ? ’ |
| 26 | Let it get gamey and he 's erm Chinese assistant the person who has been assigned to sort of look after him and do his do his translating and things like that took it down and buried it cause they did n't eat rotten meat they did |
| 27 | This is a very simple philosophy but , in my experience , I have seen it work time and time again . |
| 28 | ‘ Let us not speak , for the love we bear one another — let us hold hands and look . ’ |
| 29 | So many detrimental things are written and said about our youth that for once let us give praise where it is due . |
| 30 | It goes on to say and it came about that in thy journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valid plain and a land of Shinar and they took up growing there and they began to say each one to the other come on let us make bricks and bake and bake with a burning process , so bricks served as stone for them and |