Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 2 | His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines . |
| 3 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 4 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 5 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 6 | Where did the ships sail and what cargoes did they carry in 1500 AD ? |
| 7 | ‘ Whose intelligence did you engage with this evening , Karim ? |
| 8 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 9 | The story is , that in bygone days before the advent of the white man , there was a young Siwash Indian whose ardent love of nature made him come to that point of land on the inlet every day to watch the sunset . |
| 10 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 11 | Coarse Angling team saw them finish in fourth place , just 10 points away from a medal position , in the World Freshwater Angling Championships . |
| 12 | If the Home Secretary meant what he said about increasing the status of asylum seekers and respect for them , why in the debate on the subject at the Tory party conference did he talk about 7 million Russians waiting to move west , when he knew that last year 117 |
| 13 | What grand ideas did he have for that ? |
| 14 | Not even when Pam Wright went 4-up on me after four holes in the final of the Scottish at Troon did I feel in any danger . " |
| 15 | Camille thought his smile made him look like one of Mick 's greyhounds . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman heard me say on numerous occasions when the Environmental Protection Bill was being considered in Committee that it was under strength . |
| 17 | An edged cut to his 85th ball saw him go for 73 , and England now faced serious trouble at 200 for 5 . |
| 18 | What other things did you do at this school ? |
| 19 | So what what kind of livestock did you have on that size of croft ? |
| 20 | Mike let her go with rueful amusement in his dark eyes as she made her way towards the lift , having refused all offers of help with her overnight bag , which she slung over one shoulder . |
| 21 | How many times on Monday morning did you go like that ? |
| 22 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 23 | His health was excellent ; only for the last four years of his life did he suffer from intermittent fever . |
| 24 | ‘ Wy did you come at all ? ’ |
| 25 | So how much profit did he make on that ? |
| 26 | And how many slaves did he sell in Spanish Town ? ’ |
| 27 | What hours did you do for that ? |
| 28 | So what what hours did you work at this this hat shop ? |
| 29 | And what what wages did you get for that then ? |
| 30 | ‘ What reason did he give for that ? ’ |