Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it seems to me that the emphasis has changed slightly in the representations being made by the West Yorkshire authorities and that they 're now saying that it 's much more difficult for them to accommodate housing developments within their own er districts . |
| 2 | The horrors of war made them want to prevent conflict . |
| 3 | Me daring to negotiate conditions , under those circumstances . |
| 4 | But being happy always makes me want to buy things . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is this point of political reassessment ; perhaps it is because I am mid-way through my life — the time when the past stretches widespread enough to contemplate , and the future is no longer infinite — which makes me want to catch memories . |
| 6 | It makes me want to bring sanity into an insane land . |
| 7 | When the ‘ Robert Johnson , Father of the Delta Blues ’ album came out , that was one of the main things that made me want to play slide . |
| 8 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 9 | The agreement was a verbal agreement only on the first day of the new year and the two of them agreed to share profits equally . |
| 10 | An additional problem that has dogged personality theories is that of tautology ; if the categories are to mean anything , they must not be identified only by the fact that the people who fall into them tend to commit crimes . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't expect me to go hefting bowls of boiling water . |
| 12 | It would clearly be in their interests for them to agree to bid £10 an acre for one-half the acreage each . |
| 13 | In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April . |
| 14 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 15 | The popular tabloids , on the other hand , charge considerably less for their advertising space per thousand readers than do the qualities and this forces them to try to maximize sales . |
| 16 | Another increasingly common way round the rules at the time was to engage in lease/lease-back arrangements , which became more and more complicated as the rules surrounding them tried to plug loop-holes , until they were finally outlawed in 1987 . |
| 17 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 18 | Normally we heat it first and add biscuit so that the dogs have a warm , mixed meal , but tonight Odd-Knut is considering giving it to them frozen to save time . |
| 19 | Allied governments have sent the Russians several extra conditions to set before Iraq , most of them designed to make withdrawal as humiliating as possible for Mr Hussein . |
| 20 | Other sugar substitutes like saccharin , cyclamate and aspartame , are all targetted at dieters , combining a sweet taste with no calories ( although each one of them has faced questions concerning safety ) . |
| 21 | It is difficult to accept the praises of some American critics for the overblown gigantism of the Beaux-Arts , particularly as none of them has followed Ruskin 's injunction to see architecture as mirroring the life of a society in all its facets . |
| 22 | So far three critics have attempted this comparison ( with varying statistics ) , but none of them has done justice to the intensity and range of Shakespeare 's pronouns . |
| 23 | They caress him and speak , they offer him nourishment , warmth , sanctuary ; but none of them has seen Zambia Crevecoeur . |
| 24 | If I have a free choice , I seek an organization which I perceive has goals , values and beliefs similar to my own . |
| 25 | What am I a-going to do til the lil owd basket come back agin ? ’ |
| 26 | Did I want to support Newcastle singer Martin ( no relation to the guitar ) Stephenson on his Highland tour ? |
| 27 | Her lovely face reflecting her complete and utter bewilderment , she queried slowly , ‘ Why on earth would I want to claim kinship ? ’ |
| 28 | Still less do I want to take sides between differing schools of psychotherapy . |
| 29 | He said have you seen Kevin out in street I said I 'm not fucking hell would I want to see Kev for ? |
| 30 | And I want to make if I can a couple of deeper coloured cushions and if I can I want to make tie-backs for the curtains because everything in that room is so blooming pale . |