Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What is it about them that makes them stand out from the rest ?
2 There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’
3 ‘ It 's the thought of being in the middle of them that makes me come over all shaky . ’
4 Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger .
5 It was losing that young lass of his that made him sign on , William knew full well .
6 But from my own researches it became plain to me that she was very much a person of her times , as compared with Beatrice Webb who became so much a critic of her times .
7 He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive .
8 Bill Frisell 's earliest influences were Jim Hall , Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix , and in his own playing he combines the various aspects of their styles to form an amalgam of jazz finesse , rock explosiveness and avant-garde experimentation .
9 Even if he had n't cheated you , which would have been more than enough on its own to make us put a stop to his plans , we certainly do n't intend to have a housing estate .
10 In many places the cultural context of the original account may bear sufficient likeness to our own to enable us to interpret what transpires without much difficulty .
11 ‘ You certainly know how to be angry with a man , querida — but it was worth it all to hear you apologising , on that journey back from the hospital .
12 I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there
13 I believe Sarah and Andrew 's marriage was undone by a lack of character and lack of willingness by them both to make it work .
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