Example sentences of "but [pers pn] make they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds . |
| 2 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah but I made them non-copper so they would n't . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd prefer a proper fire , of course , but we made them illegal in this part of London some years ago . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That 's a tricky one to answer because the complexities are still there but we made them a lot more hidden . |
| 6 | They were just blobs of ink — but we made them think |
| 7 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 8 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 9 | ( Later ) They wanted to give Lenin tea and to treat him to speeches of welcome , but he made them talk about tactics . |
| 10 | The government did indeed make new judicial arrangements for the peasantry , but it made them in 1861 . |
| 11 | ‘ If there 's no wind it 's a fine day ! ’ is a Shetland expression , and to me it is especially relevant because not only does it affect the movements of birds and animals , but it makes them so much easier to see on the water . |
| 12 | They do n't get much more out of it than they would from reading a James Bond paperback , but it makes them understand a few of the problems the field men face . |