Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 2 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 3 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 4 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 5 | ‘ He gets mad when Gary does n't sleep , he says it 's my fault , he says I make him do it — and — ’ She stopped again . |
| 6 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 8 | I let him do it , but he did n't do it . |
| 9 | so erm , oh I let him sort it all out |
| 10 | I let him think it was mutual . " |
| 11 | I let him borrow it . |
| 12 | His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right . |
| 13 | I let him have it to get rid of him . |
| 14 | I let her do it all |
| 15 | I let her take it … ’ |
| 16 | This does n't mean I wo n't make her jump through a hoop or six before I let her know it : in the craft of dybbukry revenge and forgiveness are merely two sides of a single coin . |
| 17 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 18 | I hear you do it to me ! |
| 19 | Dickie said , ‘ When I heard them say it was St Benedict 's Hospital I thought it must be for Mr Leland , so I called him . |
| 20 | Well , I heard you say it were either Monday or Tuesday . |
| 21 | ‘ I feel I owe it to my sponsor Charlie Smiley , and to Joe Millar , of Millar Transport , who arrange a tremendous product package for me , without which the programme would not have been possible . ’ |
| 22 | I have studied its history because it is the land of my birth and I feel I know it well , but only as a student , not as a patriot , not even as an exile . |
| 23 | The bloke who used to live next door to me , the little Turkish with the sister Lisa he used to eat dog shit , I saw him eat it . |
| 24 | I saw him flush it down the toilet so that no-one will laugh at his spotty chest in the showers ! |
| 25 | Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again . |
| 26 | I saw him put it in his pocket , do n't know where he got it fucking act the eejit fucking walk about places in the town where he , nobody would stop them , they 'd stop me |
| 27 | I saw him use it only a week ago . ’ |
| 28 | Well , I saw you do it ! |
| 29 | Yeah but you wrote it in , so you must know the answer , I saw you write it in what 's the answer ? |
| 30 | ‘ I saw you put it on once . ’ |