Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
| 2 | The mosquitoes had already arrived in force and made us feel as if one trench was very much like another . |
| 3 | Mrs Jones needs a closer and better relationship with the psychiatric services ; she needs to get them to listen to her needs and she also needs someone to provide practical help with money problems for her son , someone who can discuss work opportunities , recognize his need for friendship and help him think about his future . |
| 4 | They fought , and ran , and stood to fight again , tiring , separated , driven now like hunted hares , until Isambard called his men back at the brook and let them rest at last . |
| 5 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 7 | We 'll make your blood run cold and make you laugh on the Sinister side of your face at Women 's Wit and Wickedness . |
| 8 | Unthinking , she tightened her grip and felt him laugh under her hands . |
| 9 | Line managers are responsible for allocating you work , setting and monitoring the general standards of conduct and performance they require from you at work and helping you perform to the best of your ability . |
| 10 | So we dismantled the screen over the window and let them fly around the back of the barn . |
| 11 | Put yourself in the hands of our experts , who will transform your hair and make-up and let you try on the latest fashions . |
| 12 | We have own a pony days when a child is allocated a pony and one of the stable hands takes care of the child and helps them look after the pony . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 15 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 16 | When she just kept on looking at him he threaded his hands in her hair and let it drift through his fingers , watching the deep red glow in the lights . |
| 17 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 18 | It is not too difficult to imagine how this could slip quietly into polyandry : females could develop the habit of mating with a second male and letting him care for her second clutch . |
| 19 | That 's why the most valuable support you can give us is long-term support — the kind that increases our regular income and helps us plan for the future . |
| 20 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 21 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 22 | He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot . |
| 23 | Bending down , he stared into her face , his long fingers strangely gentle as he cupped her cheek and made her look at him . |
| 24 | He lit a book match and let it fall among the tangle . |
| 25 | And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues . |
| 26 | If I if I do n't know the answer I 'll find out in the interim period and let you know at the end of the session . |
| 27 | pull in the lay-by and let them go by that 's what they 're supposed to do |
| 28 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 29 | She longed to get near him , and when he was quite drunk Simone would gently steer him to his room and help him get to bed . |
| 30 | By thus consenting they form one body politic and it is implied in the contract that the majority have the right to conclude for the rest and let me quote for when any number of men have by the consent of every individual made a community they have thereby made that community one body with a power to act as one body which is only by the will and determination of the majority it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way a single body ca n't move in two opposite directions simultaneously . |