Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want an Italian restaurant where the waiters bring you menus instead of shouting at you , where they leave the lights on instead of turning them off every twenty minutes , and where they make you get up and dance before they 'll turn them on again , then do n't try the Vecchio Reccione , however convenient it is for Stringfellows . |
| 2 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 3 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 4 | sober he can do more than they do I mean i that ai n't the sort bloke you wan na lose , and I 'm , when he balls and shouts at them well he gets on your nerves really but at the end of the day I 'll you know , I 'll put up with it . |
| 5 | things are looking clearer now than they did you know a few weeks ago . |
| 6 | Some methods avoid native language explanations altogether on the grounds that such explanations can only be abstract and confusing to the learner , and that they make him spend his time not so much in learning the language but rather in learning about the language ( Mackey 1965 p 240 ) . |
| 7 | Ten minutes indoors in the small jug , and they all begin to open , sometimes so fast that they make us laugh . |
| 8 | That they make it sound as natural as breathing is something of an accomplishment . |
| 9 | ‘ and what I particularly like is the way that they make you feel so welcome . |
| 10 | The importance of these is that they make you think and help you recognise what it is that ‘ makes you tick ’ . |
| 11 | The thing that worried Nigel most about his son 's affairs was that they made him feel randy . |
| 12 | So I usually leave a er sheet of paper on the table and if you 're , if you 're interested in getting a free brochure what I shall do at the end of the course is to send this off er together with one of the cards that they let me have and er in due time you 'll get a free Saga magazine . |
| 13 | They were so relieved at the college that they let him keep his job . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’ |
| 15 | I 've always been grateful for that , that they did you know create th th this love of poetry . |
| 16 | Even in the best run schools there are times when children , staff , parents and neighbours do n't receive the quality of service that they feel they deserve . |
| 17 | This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings . |
| 18 | Children after the age of 2 are often so keen to prove their own independence and ability that they feel they know much better than their parents and so argue or ignore parents ' normal requests . |
| 19 | However , their nine-year-old son , Justin , did n't want to conform to his parents minimalist style , so they let him choose his own furniture from Habitat . |
| 20 | He nearly had a nervous breakdown so they made him go to Plumford . |
| 21 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 22 | Once they made me jump , another couple of them , a couple of years ago . |
| 23 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 24 | Another time I went to St Kew primary , which is really small and right out in the middle of nowhere , and they made me feel really welcome . |
| 25 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
| 26 | they took ya in , into their home and , and they made you feel like part of the family |
| 27 | How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ? |
| 28 | How disappointed would you be if you went to a game and they made you watch a video instead of the real thing ? |
| 29 | Yeah er and they made you wait wait an hour , duck . |
| 30 | Barnsley always looked threatening on the aerial front and they made it count when Brendan O'Connell arrived at the back post to bury a Wayne Biggins cross with a power header . |