Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 2 | And a performance that helped make him the Queen Mum 's favourite . |
| 3 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 4 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 5 | She hates even using the meanings the way he helped design them . |
| 6 | ‘ Then maybe you were supposed to cry over milk , because it helped preserve it , or made it easier to turn into cheese . |
| 7 | Overlooking the causal nature of meaning with respect to usage leads here to obvious circularity within the formal framework however : to is first defined as necessary to support a clausal complement with no discussion of the data which contradict this postulate ( cf She helped lift him out of the bed ; You 've missed things . |
| 8 | Even Jimmy Savile , the man who helped bring them here , could n't keep up with them . |
| 9 | Now , when I look at the pictures of the car after the crash , with the passenger-side floor sill and roof crumpled and distorted and my seat moved forward — which helped trap me in the car — I wonder whether we chose the car on the correct criteria . |
| 10 | After the appeal , Duncan McAllister resigned his Army commission while publicity surrounding Christie 's friendship with Anna Moore helped keep her in the public eye . |
| 11 | Maybe it was the flat calm , almost dead timbre of her voice that helped convince him , because a heavy frown made him look angry . |
| 12 | Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana . |
| 13 | But will Charles and Diana ever find happiness in the homes that helped tear them apart ? |
| 14 | ANDY SINTON last night revealed he plans to quit QPR — just days after he helped steer them to the top of the Premier League . |
| 15 | The bride , who fell in love with the former lecturer , as she helped nurse him back to health after his four-year ordeal as a captive , was radiant in a full-length , ivory raw silk dress , with a slit up the side . |
| 16 | From what he let drop I 'd say she was on at him morning , noon and night . |
| 17 | " You helped stop me getting the directorship , now you want to drive me out of the Lab . " |
| 18 | Taken from the Zulu people who helped nurture him , he is sent to a brutish Boer boarding school . |
| 19 | Maggie sipped her whisky , which helped steady her . |
| 20 | The air left Penry 's lungs with an audible hiss as he helped disentangle her , his square white teeth biting into his lower lip when she stood naked in front of him , hands behind her back as she eyed him diffidently . |
| 21 | Although the F B I thought this another delaying tactic , it helped persuade them that mass suicide was unlikely , and that it was therefore safe to force a conclusion . |
| 22 | Doctors were hurrying to him now , lifting him with careful , expert hands , speaking soothingly as they helped support him and half carry him back towards the wards . |
| 23 | Will Mr Fazio be as tough with the man who helped get him his job ? |
| 24 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 25 | And that was exactly what the doctor thought ; that was precisely what helped kill her . |
| 26 | ‘ Mark was my brother , ’ she declared harshly , curling her fingers around the handle , ‘ and you helped kill him . ’ |
| 27 | He 's dead and you helped kill him ! ’ |
| 28 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 29 | The person who helped squeeze her into this skin tight outfit has left the building and no one else can help her get out . |
| 30 | Yeah do n't know how many films they made do you ? |