Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but used to say I hate them , I hate them coming you know ? |
| 2 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
| 3 | Oh yes , I 've never ever heard them speak you know , to him as though he 's a baby . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't heard them mention it , ’ said Dagmar in a level voice . |
| 5 | A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd like to see them try it ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |
| 8 | And it 's , and we also need to see them mend it properly . |
| 9 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't bear seeing them throwing it away , that 's all . |
| 11 | Seeing them live it 's hard to understand why this situation has come about because , while they fail to break new ground , their quasi-psychedelic pop is pleasantly uplifting and danceable . |
| 12 | They say its legally theirs , but the woman who tried to kill them claims she 's the owner . |
| 13 | She glared round the room , daring them to contradict her and when they did n't went on : ‘ Take that slavery away . |
| 14 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They say that the flabby reaction to the Gulf War ( and the lack of reaction to their vague anti-Gulf War B-side ‘ Riding On Through ’ ) made them realise they needed to be more specific . |
| 17 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 18 | I saw this programme , about girls of fifteen who had had abortions , and they said the nurses made them feel they should n't be having abortions , they should keep the baby . |
| 19 | She made them feel they mattered more than anything else that was going on around . |
| 20 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 21 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 22 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 23 | I made them show me their identification … |
| 24 | She loved the way you teased the crowds , made them laugh , made them love you . |
| 25 | You made them did you ? |
| 26 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 27 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 28 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 29 | Belief made them see it . |
| 30 | ‘ Drawing 1-1 up there with a team of kids when you 've been spanked 5-0 four days earlier made them believe they could finish the job at home . ’ |