Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 2 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 3 | He 's proud that Romeo & Juliet introduced children to both Shakespeare and Prokofiev ‘ in a way that makes them think it 's not culture and a bit boring and I wish I could go and watch Neighbours . ’ |
| 4 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 5 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 7 | The trick is to make them think you 're buying them from Harrods , not Woolworth 's at sale time . ) |
| 8 | Not a one of them realized I was not human . |
| 9 | Nor does anyone else , thought Sara ; why does everyone think they 're so unusual because they never forget a face ? |
| 10 | Why does everyone think I 'm food ! |
| 11 | And in the morning there was nothing to see they were floating about you know with the floods . |
| 12 | Some of them fear he 's now deliberately avoiding them . |
| 13 | Everyone agreed it was a fine picture , a breezy blend of wit and taste . |
| 14 | The result was that I chaired a session and I got Pam Mills from the BBC to speak at it and everyone agreed it was one of the best sessions of the conference . |
| 15 | Everyone agrees it was the most monstrous wave that had ever appeared on the North Shore . |
| 16 | The fact that they broke in but did n't take anything , and also that they were obviously professionals , makes me think they were looking for something specific . |
| 17 | Every forecast I have listened to makes me think we are unlikely to get any . ’ |
| 18 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 19 | But that just makes me think why , that 's what makes me think she 's living . |
| 20 | He thinks it makes me think he 's artistic . |
| 21 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 22 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 23 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 24 | ‘ You look to be nineteen or twenty , but sometimes the way you talk makes me think you 're older . ’ |
| 25 | If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things . |
| 26 | You let me think you were Judith ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 28 | It made me think I was going to abuse my own kids . |
| 29 | I prefer Beethoven , actually I 'm not sure I do prefer Beethoven , but had you said Bach I would have preferred that , but I do n't see that that I mean you 're implying that that makes me better , or at least makes me think I 'm better than somebody who likes Madonna , and that I do n't agree with . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught . |