Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made them lords were their noble deeds . |
| 2 | However , there was available to them an unlimited quantity of quality seasoned wood , excellent metals and fabrics , and sound examples of rare stone , all worked by men whose seven-year apprenticeships made them masters of their craft . |
| 3 | I liked the idea of other people feeling sorry for me , even though I also despised them for it , because I was n't worth their sympathy and that made them fools . |
| 4 | ARSENAL boss George Graham last night blasted his multi-million pound stars for squandering the qualities which made them giants of English football . |
| 5 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 6 | You made them cakes that time did n't you ? |
| 7 | Constance spent hours drawing imaginary clothes for the mannequins and , encouraged by Miss Hatherby and her mother , made them dresses out of scraps of old material Miss Hatherby managed to find tucked away in the corners of Seaton Cramer Hall . |
| 8 | But stand-in skipper McAllister is confident that Leeds will bounce back in the style that made them champions last May . |
| 9 | And precisely what distressed her about John 's outburst was that it once more put that distance between them ; it made them opposites sinner and sinned against , penitent and confessor , worm and angel . |
| 10 | She bit her lip and kept her peace , and even made them cups of tea with the same grace that her mother had demonstrated in the dark hours of the night . |
| 11 | The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house . |
| 12 | What is beyond dispute is that the portfolio valuations benefited on two counts : firstly through translation of foreign share holdings into sterling at more advantageous rates , and secondly through the appreciation of the shares of those companies whose large overseas involvement made them beneficiaries of a lower pound . |
| 13 | You made them Horlicks or Ovaltine or tea or coffee . |
| 14 | Made them watchers , not doers ; passive , not active . |
| 15 | And I made them jigs and whatnot. when they come to do it at Dolgarrog when they come to want them doing I said to the to the the chief engineer I said , he told me about they were going get these commutators done here machine . |
| 16 | It made them temptresses . |
| 17 | Further , the neat division of society into a minority of freeholders sharply contrasted with the mass of tenant farmers and landless men stops far short of the whole truth in its failure to acknowledge the interest of copyholders whose security of tenure made them freeholders in all but name , or to distinguish leaseholders with long terms from mere tenants at will . |
| 18 | He saw the funny side of it and used to say when he met me years later " How 's your sexual depression , then , Bruce ? " |
| 19 | She kindly lent me dishes and pans , which were almost unobtainable , and in any case needed coupons for their purchase . |
| 20 | He knew I did n't have an education so he lent me books . |
| 21 | Posted them letters did you ? |
| 22 | They asked me questions about myself and my squadron and the way I was shot down . |
| 23 | This teacher was always making me sit on his knee , and when he asked me questions like ‘ What is the square root of five thousand six hundred and seventy-eight and a half ? ’ , which I could n't answer , he tickled me . |
| 24 | Maria often read to the others from the newspaper , and asked me questions about it . |
| 25 | Then they put me in a room and asked me questions . |
| 26 | He asked me questions about Syl and about myself without any pretence at politeness . |
| 27 | I have just met some colleagues in the House — and I do not dare to name the Opposition Members — who asked me questions about the amendment because there were points that they could not understand or that they had not seen before . |
| 28 | You asked me questions . ’ |
| 29 | They offered me soup I was desperate for but took no notice of , asked me questions I answered with a catatonic silence and a stare . |
| 30 | Somebody asked me years after I 'd been to college if it was still there . |