Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The I O D also believe that there must be tax incentives to invest in Britain 's small businesses , but they 'd like to see them extended to include the general public . |
| 2 | He presented a strong message to the newly-qualified chemists encouraging them to try to win the confidence of the lay public by admitting to things that go wrong and telling them what was being done about it . |
| 3 | Do n't make me start counting the years up , please — it 'll ruin my whole day . ’ |
| 4 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know , but on the night she died the Lady Prioress asked me to help take the corpse back to her own chamber . |
| 6 | For a moment , Trish 's laughter made me regret leaving the chummy , easy-going atmosphere of Winston Street . |
| 7 | It was seeing his picture of ‘ Mountain Silence ’ made me long to see the darksome mountain-girt lake in its weird lonesomeness with an intense longing . |
| 8 | Eh , yeah regular army pay , great that 's really what made me decide to join the army , that was in the T A but I regulars . |
| 9 | The first thirteen babies to claim them have won the first of their competitions . |
| 10 | Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " . |
| 11 | ‘ Leave them alone until someone who understands them has examined the site . |
| 12 | Then I too realized I had made the right decision to stay put in hospital . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 14 | ‘ Did you think I 'd kicked the bucket , Ma ? ’ |
| 15 | Really , Tom , the way you 're defending her , anyone would think I 'd tortured the girl ! |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I 've got the energy to change . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't think I 've got the touch ! |
| 18 | Ah , let me put it more clearly , because I do n't think I 've put the question clearly enough . |
| 19 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think I have had the pleasure of meeting you before , ’ she said , transferring Flossie 's lead to her left hand and entangling it dangerously with the milk can , whilst proffering her right . |
| 21 | Well , I 'd heard someone had told the police where I was hanging out . |
| 22 | I thought it better to pretend I had forgotten the incident , as if it were of no importance . |
| 23 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 24 | Heaving and struggling I managed to close the door , but it kept opening again , weakened by its storm-fractured clasp . |
| 25 | I mean I like to see the nappies flapping on the line . |
| 26 | It 's just that some of these words say they , they might have used them , I mean I 've done the and the ones but I 've never come upon anyone that 's heard of the , the cant . |
| 27 | I mean I 've won the game . |
| 28 | I mean you got , I mean I 've got the rest config sys sorted out . |
| 29 | aye that 's exactly what he was on about , getting interviewed on that , I mean I 've see the trailer on it , they were showing them scenes , he 's sick of being typecasted as a hard macho man in films , he wants to do something different family films |
| 30 | I mean I 've opened the washing machine up I mean literally you ca n't see fuck all So fucking big job |