Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had heard them come in very late . |
| 2 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 3 | As you may have heard me mention already , I am involved in organising a one month summer school for 40 soviet teachers of English this July . |
| 4 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |
| 5 | When they worked in their home town , the audience would queue round the block to see them perform twice nightly . |
| 6 | Still , it was great to see them go back into the wild when they were old enough . ’ |
| 7 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 8 | Now what sort of pay formula would you like to see them come up with ? |
| 9 | The buggers want to see me go under . |
| 10 | She wanted to see me grow up , it was as simple as that , but it 's those simple things that are sometimes the hardest to accept . ’ |
| 11 | Some pensioner constituents who come to see me ask why they are penalised and punished . |
| 12 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 13 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 14 | For the woman who is already a mother , the challenges are now those of coping with growing children and seeing them leave home ; the challenges are always somehow different from how you have imagined them . |
| 15 | Mothers enjoy protective and caring episodes in dealing with their children as much as they enjoy seeing them grow more independent Such episodes are a simple arid direct affirmation of the maternal role . |
| 16 | But biological weapons are unlikely to be much used on troops in combat , mainly because of the difficulties of getting the aerosols on to them without seeing them drift back on to those who released them . |
| 17 | The prosthetists with amputations noted that patients could be discouraged by seeing them cope so well . |
| 18 | Both were short , dumpy and energetic and , seeing them scurry together down the street in their black garb , they looked like a pair of hunting spiders . |
| 19 | Hating the enemy as he did — it was , after all , their aim to deprive his father of the throne — Cumberland was incensed at seeing them get away . |
| 20 | They were a friendly family and very helpful when Breeze , seeing them take so much trouble over finding a suitable board , told them what she hoped to do with it . |
| 21 | She made them walk backwards and forwards , and then trot . |
| 22 | He made them sing softly and then to sing loudly — smoking a cigar and strolling up and down with his walking-cane he had everyone in the audience completely under his control . |
| 23 | Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei 's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again . |
| 24 | On the morrow the Cid took Doña Ximena by the hand , and her daughters with her , and made them go up upon the highest tower of the Alcazar , and they looked toward the sea and saw the great power of the Moors , how they came on and drew nigh , and began to pitch their tents round about Valencia , beating their tambours and with great uproar . |
| 25 | The sharp night air made them step out . |
| 26 | As they reached Allen 's side a voice broke the stillness and made them spin round . |
| 27 | See they got on the lights so long of the day in the winter time and made them lay just like as if it 'd been summer . |
| 28 | What we do n't know is what they had in common that made them end up where they did . ’ |
| 29 | Some knew about the various methods of pain relief available , but others had no idea at all , and this made them feel even less in control of what was happening to them . |
| 30 | It only made them laugh more . |