Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 5 | Never let them think she knew they fancied her . |
| 6 | Making them think there was nothing they could n't do with their own lives , and other people 's . |
| 7 | To make them think there 's not a lot of work and that you know ? |
| 8 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 9 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 10 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | And it 's always a good idea to let them think you 've got better enchantments in your armoury than you actually have , if you take my meaning , even if you have n't got any enchantments at all . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 14 | The trick is to make them think you 're buying them from Harrods , not Woolworth 's at sale time . ) |
| 15 | ‘ You 're trying to make them think you 've been coming in to see me ? |
| 16 | He made me expose my bottom to him and he whipped me . |
| 17 | Nor does anyone else , thought Sara ; why does everyone think they 're so unusual because they never forget a face ? |
| 18 | Why does everyone think I 'm food ! |
| 19 | Why did everyone think she could n't cope with hurt ? |
| 20 | ( Let me answer my own question . |
| 21 | The way she 'd always known it , when you decided to throw a party , you threw a party ; you pushed back the furniture , you got all the food together yourself , you invited close friends who knew each other and for a while you let them invade your most private and personal space . |
| 22 | And hear them explain their views : |
| 23 | I 'll recruit somebody to help me service my client bank , because it 's better to have fifty percent of something than fifty percent of nothing . |
| 24 | Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it . |
| 25 | ‘ He said that he could n't pay me because he had to maintain his cash flow for the London opening , but what he would do was to let me regard what he owed me as a stake in the show . ’ |
| 26 | Dark gull-like seabirds , called Jaegers in North America , noted for their piratical methods of feeding , by pursuing other seabirds , especially gulls and terns , to make them disgorge their last catch . |
| 27 | You do them up , you do n't da you muck them out , dress them over , let them loose they have a easy time like we do . |
| 28 | Our aim will be to understand and , where appropriate , to modify the potency of these feelings and the way we let them affect us when conflicts arise . |
| 29 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 30 | Diana wondered whether to sit there or leave and let them make their farewells in private . |