Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is it about them that makes them stand out from the rest ? |
| 2 | There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's the thought of being in the middle of them that makes me come over all shaky . ’ |
| 4 | The girls in campus , blinking heck Phil , they keep coming out in their underwear and saying , can you get me this size , or can you get me that size , you know , what am I supposed to do you know . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've no idea how I felt when I first saw you step out of Peter 's jeep that day you arrived at Rocamar . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I first heard you mention him to Nora , last autumn ’ — she laughed — ‘ I was so startled ! |
| 7 | It made me sad to hear him speak like that ; he did n't seem to understand that was all I wanted to do . |
| 8 | Were looking at the body beautiful and what we do to achieve it , we all arrived in the world with more or less the same package of features , limbs , faces , torso 's , since then , all of us I bet have tried to improve or disguise the way we look , what do we do ? , why do we do it ? , well let's start with a few questions , er , are you , well let me ask you this do you have a beautiful body ? , button one for yes , and button two for no |
| 9 | that must be a high point in a career you know , when you first see them go out |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give you letters of introduction saying you 're a writer and to give you any help you need . ’ |
| 11 | Erm have you any do you sell fish fingers ? |
| 12 | So , er , have you any did you have music homework Josie ? |
| 13 | Were we right did he give a free kick ? |
| 14 | I do n't know that we should Do we all do we want to go together |
| 15 | THE WAY that humans react together socially is something we all feel we know about . |
| 16 | we both felt you need to highlight erm can I ask you which of the areas you felt particular interest in ? |
| 17 | Their approach was enthusiastic , good humoured and at times irreverent and they all made me feel very much at home . |
| 18 | You were extremely fond of all the MacKay men — and they all let you wrap them round your little finger . |
| 19 | Do n't keep using expressions such as ‘ You know ’ , ‘ Like ’ , ‘ Er … ’ or ‘ Um … ’ — they all make it sound as if you do n't really know what you 're talking about . |
| 20 | It was a lie ; they both heard it ring like a dud coin . |
| 21 | Did n't it all make you think ? |
| 22 | As one woman said , ‘ It all made me feel uncomfortable . |
| 23 | All the pine fittings , the Habitat china , the split-level cooker ( catch his mother leaving the slightest speck of human-looking grease on it ! ) the vast expanse of lawn stretching away there outside the window for yard after smooth yard : it all made him feel sick . |
| 24 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 25 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 26 | The staff thought it better to let her go through her labour cheerfully . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've also had a chat with her , and it seems she did n't think it necessary to let us know about her condition when she came on board . |
| 28 | She opened it wide to let them see the contents . |
| 29 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |
| 30 | PAMELA : I can not say what you ought to do , but only beg you will not ruin me and if you think me virtuous let me go to my poor parents . |