Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then make sure you know which they are and check them to see they have not been removed or weakened . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 3 | I did n't want them to see me crying . |
| 4 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 5 | We do n't as yet have any friends in the street , but we 're on Hello terms with a few neighbours , and frankly I would n't want them to see me putting all these flowers on a skip . |
| 6 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 7 | He could n't take home business associates for dinner because he was embarrassed for them to see you . |
| 8 | It does n't necessarily mean that they 're unscrupulous in the way that they get their own way ; they just have very clear ideas and it 's impossible for them to see it any other way . ’ |
| 9 | The sentimentality conveyed by the careful selection of only " nice " aspects of religion to present to pupils causes them to see it — and perhaps believe in it — as just a fairy story unrelated to the real world . |
| 10 | That 's what I mean , they 're the only ones that , you know wanted them to see it really . |
| 11 | We allowed them to see us at our most absurd . |
| 12 | He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’ |
| 13 | Sanay just ask me to drive you into town , baby . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Want me to drive you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Would you like me to drive you , Aunt Goldie ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The patron , mademoiselle , instructed me to drive you wherever you wished to go . |
| 17 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 18 | anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er |
| 19 | might say , I 'm a beef farmer , erm I enjoy my , my beef very much , my philosophy is that erm , if we 're going to use animals we 're going to eat the , their time here should be as humane , they should have as humane treatment as possible , and they should be free from fear , hunger and pain , and when the time comes for them to go they should know as little about it as possible . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 21 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 25 | Never let them think she knew they fancied her . |
| 26 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 27 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 28 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |