Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 2 | Because he is used to having to do this and this familiar act probably made him feel secure as it was something he did back home . |
| 3 | People have mentioned that Madame used to have a dancing session there do you remember this ? |
| 4 | I remember terrible arguments when shopping for shoes — I wanted to have fashion shoes ( high heels , pointed toes ) like my friends , but Mum always made me have sensible shoes . |
| 5 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 6 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
| 7 | Even when on top of his game the intensity of his desire often makes him appear downcast as he strides down the fairways — in direct contrast to his compatriot Seve Ballesteros , who has every emotion etched on his face . |
| 8 | Feminist psychologists sometimes see it like this . |
| 9 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 10 | A dull sheen just on the curve of each shoe 's toe instantly made them look solid . |
| 11 | Anna only makes it sound Victorian . ’ |
| 12 | I 've got some stale pizza here do you like stale pizza ? |
| 13 | Athelstan again made him repeat all they knew , though this time excluding Sir Thomas Springall 's murder . |
| 14 | Yeah in the the number on the bottom is bigger but that just means you 've got to share it out between more people so do you get more or less if you share it between more people ? |
| 15 | They 're quite nice boys , but those silly people just let them run wild . ’ |
| 16 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 17 | Well , the Purcell Quartet sometimes makes them sound soloistic ( by the characterful playing of Catherine Mackintosh in the Giga of Op. 2 No. 7 , for example ) and at other times orchestral ( as in the finales of Op. 1 No. 10 , with its wonderful echoes , and No. 11 for which Robert Woolley playfully provides a virtuoso obbligato on the organ ) . |
| 18 | One healer at the Centre always made me feel recharged . |
| 19 | He also gained the lovely reputation of being particularly dangerous when he was limping , since an injury to his leg simply made him hit more fours to cut down on the running . |
| 20 | Now Saint Marcus had to put all that lot together to make it look right and make it make sense , with hindsight , bringing all the important pieces together . |
| 21 | Happily ( and daisy flowers always make me feel happy ) the same arrangement and connotations may be reproduced again and again in the garden by planting a selection of daisy relatives and look-alikes . |
| 22 | Quattro Pro virtually lets you make full presentations without the expense of a presentation package |
| 23 | This dream always seemed just around the corner as George almost made it seem possible . |
| 24 | Poverty , cruelty and injustice literally make him feel sick . |
| 25 | my granddad yeah , yeah but my granddad , he 's Scotch my other granddad was a German , me grandma were Jewish and I were born in London so let them fathom that out . |
| 26 | And do you get any perks like do you get any discounts in the town , through ? |
| 27 | It seems that for the vast majority of dog owners , the very presence of canine company simply makes us feel good . |
| 28 | He was an F and the other boys never let him forget this . |
| 29 | Being with the nuns only made it feel worse . |
| 30 | Athelstan agreed ; the landlord of the Piebald Horse was a one-armed , reformed sea pirate who had confidentially explained to the friar how he would love to go to church but the smell of incense always made him feel ill . |