Example sentences of "[v-ing] make [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The underlying point I am seeking to make is that the debate on which decisions on devolution must be taken has not yet been concluded , ’ Mr Major said . |
| 2 | The point I 'm going to make is that erm , if we are n't going to get through the year and we 're all going to have to take a percentage of our March allowances because the money 's run out and we 're cash limited even if we give ourselves five percent extra , erm , could I get an assurance from the officers that the people that have n't put in their forms will get a note to remind them to do so , so that everybody is in there , you wo n't suddenly find that because you have n't had your claim form in by the fourteenth you 're gon na get nothing and everybody else is gon na get something . |
| 3 | but it is the case that twenty two per cent of crimes are committed by women , erm and I think that the situation with women committing crime is quite complex and complicated one , erm that really needs quite er , a great detail of discussion , and one of the , the points I was going to make was this question of feeling guilty |
| 4 | ‘ The point I 'm tryin' to make is that we 've done well — even you , Noreen . |
| 5 | The point I 'm trying to make is that A&R depts only know a ‘ hit ’ when it gets to No 4 in the national charts . |
| 6 | The point I am trying to make is that both suicide of the schizoid type and anorexia nervosa involve a denial of reality which depends upon an acceptance of a split between self and body , and is only possible through paradox . |
| 7 | The point I 'm trying to make is that you can train a bird of prey to do only certain things . |
| 8 | The point that I am trying to make is that the experience that they are gaining , by working and living with their people , day in and day out , will give them a depth of understanding which , sadly , no amount of university training would give . |
| 9 | No , the point I 'm trying to make is this : everyone else around here has changed their name . |
| 10 | So the point I 'm trying to make is that you ca n't rely on one product to do the whole job . |
| 11 | Really what the point I 'm trying to make is training objectives are about doing something . |
| 12 | Yeah but but the point I 'm trying to make is that it seems to me that if we 're continually spending money on advertising , we 're creating another problem elsewhere . |
| 13 | I think the point you were trying to make is it it 's a relative sorry no I should n't say relatively small , but it 's a proportion of the workforce which is somewhat less than fifty percent . |
| 14 | People making decisions for you at that level , but the point I 'm trying to make is our society 's much more complicated and much more sophisticated now in the way that arrangements are made , the decision making for the community . |
| 15 | but the point I 'm trying to make is that the person who made the presentation er o o on er for , for the best of riders , I think he 's rather missed the point because he was talking to you about the , including , more information on er within the T V P and we did discuss , er we did like to make it quite clear during our er discussions that riding of horses on the highway is a matter for the T V P , riding horses on bridleways is a matter that we will have to deal with in basic in time . |
| 16 | ‘ The point I 'm trying to make is — ’ |
| 17 | No because the the point I 'm trying to make is that it is unrealistic surely for the leader of the party to say to his MPs who are n't delegates after all , but who represent the interests of their constituencies , Shut up , come to me privately if you have any concerns . |
| 18 | The point that I 'm trying to make is that Johnson made it plain , yes , that greed makes you gullible , lust makes you gullible , er er , you will be conned , but nobody gets punished . |
| 19 | The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view . |
| 20 | Well , that 's , that 's up to you , but the , what , the point I 'm trying to make is that I think it 's important that you actually consider that before the interview is , is ever , ever takes place , because otherwise you could be caught very flat-footed . |
| 21 | Well the point she was trying to make was that the , it d the , the appraisal interview would be so s so easy because the staff will know exactly what |