Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad the referendum makes it look like things are going to be solved , but it 's still too early . |
| 2 | The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye . |
| 3 | The court heard how he intended to use the drug to help him relax while filming for HTV in South Wales . |
| 4 | The pre-application visiting days are intended for students who want to find out more about the University to help them decide whether or not to apply . |
| 5 | Only at the end of the story do you realise that his parents are separated or divorced and that the journey is to return the child to his mother after an access visit . |
| 6 | The seal saw them shimmer and melt away until one day the penguin said to her : |
| 7 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 8 | She stood defiantly in front of him , shaking her head , trying desperately to find the words to make him realise that she was tired , due for leave , and really felt he should ask someone else . |
| 9 | ( 19 ) The telephone made me wonder whether I need drop this task to answer the call . |
| 10 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 11 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
| 12 | Does the ad make me stop and look at it ? |
| 13 | The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path . |
| 14 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 15 | Not till they had come up onto the green did he realise that the figure in waterproofs pulling the doctor 's trolley was Chris . |
| 16 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 17 | Because so many of the people who , so many people at the moment feel I think that they , they have very little real influence , and that 's why people do n't turn up , it 's why people do n't vote for local government . |
| 18 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , so relieved when it was out that the recoil made him faint and set him shaking . |
| 19 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 20 | The idea that he was alive crystallized the need to let him know that we were trying to help him . |
| 21 | I think that the rain makes it come and the paint wears off and you can see it . |
| 22 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 23 | The gathers over the bosom made her look as though she was the one breast-feeding . |
| 24 | Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her . |
| 25 | The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either . |
| 26 | I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard … |
| 27 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 28 | The baggy cut of the jacket made me look as it I 'd eaten one roast dinner too many , however the loose fit gave complete freedom of movement — particularly useful for stretching when scrambling or skiing . |
| 29 | The basque makes me feel like I 'm being hugged . |
| 30 | While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points : |