Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Naturally , he spoils them rotten .
32 As the tour will doubtless prove , what drives them crazy in Stourbridge holds good elsewhere .
33 ( 15 ) Preventing people from dreaming drives them mad .
34 ( Chapter 5 ) ( 1 ) he likes his beef tea strong how does he like his beef tea ? ( 2 ) muzak drives them mad *how does muzak drive them ?
35 The fourth type is exemplified in : ( 1 ) Ellen shook the keys loose the mixture will turn metal buttons soft muzak drives them mad Again , an easy way to detect the presence of a distinct type of adjectival structure is to consider the appropriate formulation for a question .
36 One will be no trouble at all while the other drives them insane with constant problems .
37 And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects .
38 This places them intermediate between categories 2 and 3 .
39 It has also pledged the pair to establishing NT-on-Alpha as ‘ a premier RISC-based systems platform ’ and has them promising machines ‘ that could fundamentally change the face of computing ’ as we know it .
40 That causes me deep disappointment .
41 That disparity causes me great concern .
42 The fact that I do not have envelopes causes me physical pain .
43 ‘ The sound of Scotland the Brave has me faint with fear , ’ said 60-year-old Lilly yesterday .
44 He wants me living-but-dead .
45 He wants me dead , of course , but there have been other targets in the past , like Thatcher and high-street butchers .
46 She wants me dead , ’ she said slowly .
47 ‘ She only wants you safe — ‘ She wants me safe from Jean .
48 And it worries me still that we , we ai n't shifting him enough er
49 As we have just seen , sometimes horses can not cope with a situation that causes them great anxiety , and an attack of colic is the result .
50 Students should be advised to keep a " Difficulties Diary " in which they note those items , both phonological and grammatical , which causes them particular difficulty .
51 The Scotch Whisky Industry recognises that there are people whose drinking causes them medical or social harm .
52 He holds me close .
53 He holds me close .
54 every time is just compare sources which bores me stupid .
55 He wants them small and blonde but also to know their mullet from a mallet .
56 I am now trying , in vain , to uuencode the files so that I can send them to anyone who wants them thro' mail .
57 Because many prefabs have now been bulldozed English Heritage wants them listed and protected from redevelopment .
58 Some o , to some of them it just bores them stiff .
59 I do n't want to know , I wo n't know said Sally as she put her hands put out her hands as if she was fending Daryl off , I hate you Daryl Rivers , you with , you with your mother who comes to see you often , sends you things and writes you long letters and comes to see you .
60 And your mother dresses you funny
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