Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ New entrants put pressure on existing companies and make them change their existing practices , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Those who have had facts imparted to them effectively will pass the tests and those who have not will fail to pass the tests , and when the lists are read out on Speech Day the incompetence of the bad fact-imparters will be revealed to the world and this will act as a goad and make them impart their facts better in future … . ’ |
| 3 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 4 | Or at least make them doubt his guilt . ’ |
| 5 | Make me feel my age , tell you the truth ! |
| 6 | For a band now irritated by most dance music — ‘ most of it 's cack , I hate going into bars where they 've got it blaring out from everywhere , you ca n't hear yourself think ’ — and uncomfortable with the accoutrements of clubbing — ‘ I ca n't stand being under strobes no more , do me head in , make me lose my balance ’ — it was inevitable the Mondays would rake up their rock roots , ‘ mature ’ their sound and make a major musical transition . |
| 7 | I had the feeling that Prentice was out to kill me with kindness , or at least make me put my hands up to something I had n't done . |
| 8 | Nor does the B minor Sonata , first-rate in so many ways , make me catch my breath . |
| 9 | He will look for the nine natural colours found at the root which is the healthiest part of the hair and combine them to produce your personal Style Colour . |
| 10 | Well I mean I passed my test an I were n't made to do any of that . |
| 11 | I mean I 'm speaking as a political animal because I watch all the television , I mean I take my wireless to bed and listen to the actually I was listening to the wireless at erm half past eleven when they started it , so I 'm not speaking as a person that sort of does n't watch or listen to the Gulf business , but I think it 's erm on too much . |
| 12 | its not how they came into the world of real names to stick with prat names like Beatrice and , I mean I know its old royal and that and I mean fancy going to school in that bloody Henry and William , I mean William 's not too bad |
| 13 | I mean I know his sayings are most er erm fucking |
| 14 | Exactly , but I mean I rest my case , there 's , when you know their entire story , some of them , it makes you wonder who 's more sinning against than sinning it 's a strange affair . |
| 15 | but Pete if he , I mean I do n't see why he does n't if he went private for two years he 'd make enough to retire , in two years , no sweat , he wo n't have to work again , I mean I bet his house is paid for |
| 16 | But I mean I bought my artificial my white one ten years ago now . |
| 17 | That is , sorry , I mean I rested my head in my hands . |
| 18 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ Lee said , ‘ I do n't know where — in Africa , I think — there dwell two tribes , close to one another — I mean I think their assumed boundaries could well be adjacent — who hold diametrically opposed attitudes to the birth of twins . |
| 19 | Well yes I mean I see her point . |
| 20 | I mean I recognized his face . |
| 21 | But I 'm desperate to go to college , I mean I love my kids and my kids get everything they need , but I ca n't go , it 's holding me back , I ca n't get my two into the creche . |
| 22 | We can just about afford it from immediate funds , and I trust I have your support in this work . |
| 23 | Well they want them to do their bit . |
| 24 | I said I want them back today and I said erm this morning cos I said er I want them to put my cakes in , oh she said , oh , well are you going anywhere ? |
| 25 | I am prepared to wait if I know that in the end he 'll be let in , but in the meantime I just want them to allow my children to attend school . |
| 26 | You want them to exert their self-discipline and use their talents in your favour . |
| 27 | ‘ They must know the hazards and we want them to start their sex life in the happiest way possible . |
| 28 | First there 's Shelley , cos first of all I did n't want to talk in it , you know , I just went like yeah , yeah , yeah , no , sort of like yes , I wan na talk down it all the time , I want them to hear my voice ! |
| 29 | Forget talking to your plants … if you want them to look their best try a bit of good old fashioned pampering . |
| 30 | In the course of defending Creole against Shane 's objections , Chris actually begins to use Creole , distancing his own talk from that of Shane and putting into practice his own belief that " if you want them to know your culture you have to chat it " . |