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 . |