Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Ask the wee fella does he know anybody that 's got one of those er VAC twenty
2 WHY would Hamman possibly do this , and what weight does he think he 'll possibly have in Uefa .
3 My mummy makes me do lots of housework !
4 The running action makes you use your ankles more and gives you a longer stride .
5 Personal reflection helps me discover my whereabouts and articulating this with another encourages me on .
6 ‘ Actually , the house is a dump , but the boss lets me have it cheap .
7 Only in John 's Gospel does he make one curious and profoundly interesting statement .
8 Only when his judgment is called into question does he doubt himself .
9 As would be expected , such a use would not be possible with make , since the law would appear to be actually bringing about the paying of taxes ( " concurrent causation " ) : ( 166 ) * The law makes everyone pay his taxes , With oblige , on the other hand , the tax law is depicted as simply imposing a state of obligation in the present , which leaves the future actualization of paying taxes up to each individual , who may or may not actually pay them .
10 Set it and you can forget about the meal until the buzzer lets you know it 's ready and to keep all those pots and pans there 's even a large storage compartment which has been specially contoured with smooth rounded corners to make cleaning easier .
11 But , I , what I ca n't understand is , why all of a sudden does he want her back and see the children , well for over a year he kept her away ?
12 Nowhere on either record does it say what these piano reductions are — the composer 's or another hand ?
13 But having a woman on the wing makes them realise they have hurt real people , they see me as a real person
14 Idea tree helps you organise your thoughts using this process .
15 Idea tree helps you organise your thoughts using this process .
16 ‘ In the event of such a development does she think her position would be unassailable ? ’ he asked — echoing the Prime Minister 's earlier comment that Mr Lawson 's position was ‘ unassailable ’ .
17 Alternatively , feminist psychologists ' reduction of gender relations to the unconscious makes them see them as irrevocable .
18 ‘ The devil makes me do it . ’
19 Our buying guide helps you decide which is best for you
20 With such charm and grace does he distribute his roses among them that it is easy to forgive him for having — alas ! — one rose too few .
21 But there seems no room for any notion of the decorous in Olson 's ‘ objectism ’ , any more than there is room for it in the lawless world of the Cantos , or in Pound himself when he is without a master to translate , whose example makes him surpass himself .
22 In his second letter he wrote , ‘ I have never seen a cradle without thinking of a grave ; the sight of a naked woman makes me imagine her skeleton . ’
23 Anyway , love it is that seems to have smacked me one now , and I 'm standing there hugging her in that thin nightdress and the thought of those bastards with the dog makes me squeeze her till it hurts .
24 Love lets you know you are alive .
25 — How much classwork does it give you ?
26 What frequency does it save it at ?
27 Our research was conducted before the Children Act , but little in the legislation makes us believe our findings to be significantly out of date .
28 When I am called to meet my Maker face to Face , I hope my doctor helps me do it gently , instead of striving to avoid the issue .
29 ‘ It is ; she does these things well — but why the hell does she do them at all ? ’
30 How the hell does he expect me to keep a straight pen ?
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