Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " .
2 ‘ The very thought of it makes me want to press the panic button , crawl under the bed and call for HRT , ’ says one friend .
3 ‘ The very thought of reaching 50 makes me want to press the panic button , crawl under the bed and call for HRT ’
4 I do n't know how they 've done it but the typography on the signs makes me want to pronounce the word Edin-burg , and I live in the place , for God 's sake .
5 But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers .
6 I am a great fan of rave music yet the lyrics have never made me want to try the drug .
7 It just makes me want to vomit the way she does that .
8 A few weeks before I could n't have found Madeira on a map — now what I saw made me vow to return every year .
9 ‘ He just asked how you were , made me promise to keep an eye on you , then rang off , ’ she said , frowning .
10 Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’
11 Whenever I visit Ian , seeing the fostering going on in various degrees , I 'm filled with admiration and feel I want to let the world know .
12 That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that .
13 come come round I want to I 'll I want to see the product .
14 Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ?
15 Not only do I want to know the story but I want to know the whys and wherefores .
16 Do I want to make a will
17 Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound .
18 It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ?
19 selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ?
20 ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again .
21 ‘ Look , you can see I 've made the effort . ’
22 But at last with your help I 've conquered the cut and sew , I could give you all a hug .
23 Let's go in here , see I 've locked the screen up so we 're laughing .
24 See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better .
25 If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em .
26 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
27 One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton !
28 stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you
29 The rich peasants made up another seven percent I have to check to see I 've got the figure 's right the middle peasants , twenty percent the poor peasants seventy percent .
30 You 'll see I 've used the term ‘ old ’ advisedly .
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