Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was Lanyon 's horror that made me feel like that . |
| 2 | He held it out in the servant 's direction and let it go . |
| 3 | This whole business of sex education and teaching morality in schools , do you think it is the school 's responsibility or do you think mum and dad ought to play more of a part ? |
| 4 | A strong breeze ruffled Crossley 's hair and made him shiver . |
| 5 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 6 | Then without the slightest compunction she thrust her basin of money and book of tickets into Sally 's lap and let him drag her , protesting theatrically , onto the dance floor . |
| 7 | I should be grateful if you would put this to the Women 's Institute and let me know by 14th January if you are able to send a representative to the meeting . |
| 8 | ‘ You poor thing , ’ croons Anya , placing a hand on Rainbow 's cheek and letting it linger there . |
| 9 | Social workers are committed to promoting the well-being of individuals , families , groups , and communities and are expected to identify , develop and mobilize available resources to meet people 's needs and help them function at their best possible level . |
| 10 | It was Mr Banzer 's wrath that made him go into exile in Argentina . |
| 11 | Try telephoning the practice nurse in advance so that she will know your son or daughter 's name and make them feel welcome and special when you arrive . |
| 12 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 13 | Now , keep signing Rob 's cheques and let me have Susan Hart 's phone number . ’ |
| 14 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 15 | As a church do we seek the crucified Christ in the poor and speak out with the prophet 's tongue or do we prefer to limit our view to a plaster statue and speak quietly in platitudes ? |
| 16 | Characteristically it was Smith 's perfectionism that made him delay publishing the full proofs until he had found a way of checking his answers . |
| 17 | To have to lie there in his coffin on Ingham 's counter and hear somebody like Tommy Drennan murder a good song like ‘ Slievenamon ’ and himself lying there and could do nothing about it ! |
| 18 | It was not the ever-present guard or the commandant 's threats that made them work so devotedly . |
| 19 | She had laid him in Dot 's arms and let her hold him on her own . |
| 20 | He put his hand under Thérèse 's chin and made her rise . |
| 21 | Suddenly he decided to take a chance : somehow they would get Therese on to the stage in that ridiculous boy 's costume and let her sing . |
| 22 | Is there a widow/widower 's pension and does it get contractual increases ? |
| 23 | They thought that my father was a bad parent because he dressed Eric in girl 's clothes and let him run wild , and my mother let them take him because she did n't like children in general and Eric in particular ; she thought he was bad for her karma in some way . |
| 24 | The husband is one potentially appreciative figure in the housewife 's landscape but does he play this role effectively ? |
| 25 | ‘ I want you to come with me to Mr Sunil 's house and let me show you what I think happened to Billy Tuckett . ’ |
| 26 | She held Nick 's arm and felt him warm and somehow tough against her side . |
| 27 | ‘ — but if Ross had n't twisted Owen 's arm and made him take the money we would n't have been able to afford even a shoe-box . |
| 28 | On mornings when there was no case for the court I used to enjoy sitting in Chief Fyvie 's office and hearing him talk of the ‘ good old days ’ of the enforcement of law and order in Scotland and in Montreal . |
| 29 | He held the mutilated carving close before Harry 's face and made him look at it . |
| 30 | And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues . |