Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That 's what I mean , they 're the only ones that , you know wanted them to see it really . |
| 4 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 5 | He knew the way to make people do what you wanted was to make them think it was their idea . |
| 6 | What makes them think it was terminal ? |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | It is only the Government 's stubborn ideology which prevents them using it — or , at least , part of it — now . |
| 9 | That 's the one thing that stops them using it . |
| 10 | But now a test for the drug is years away , and for those athletes desperate enough to win , only their own sense of honour would stop them using it . |
| 11 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
| 12 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 13 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 14 | ‘ But you have to make them want it first . |
| 15 | And we 've got to help them make it come true . ’ |
| 16 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 17 | and get them to carry it . |
| 18 | Yeah but what you could do , Nancy will be really responsible about things like that , you can say to her if a big fat Housing Benefit cheque comes for me cash it and put it in my bank . |
| 19 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course you can if you help me to carry it , ’ Mum promised . |
| 21 | Well , , ‘ The decision is n't mine , my role is to make recommendations and it 's a democratically elected council , it 's up the councillors to decide final policy , and then it 's up for , up to me to carry it out . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’ |
| 23 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 24 | Let me make it clear , football is a game played by one team against another with a ball . |
| 25 | Let me make it quite clear , Pahdra Singh is committed to this club 116 per cent . |
| 26 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
| 27 | Let me make it clear . |
| 28 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |
| 29 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
| 30 | Let me make it clear that my borough is willing to help . |