Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How the bloody Hell did I do that ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What the bloody hell did you think you were playing at ? ’ he demanded savagely . |
| 3 | What the bloody hell did you go an' marry me for if you wanted to go to London ? |
| 4 | The squeak of the stable door made them turn round . |
| 5 | A heavy step on the stone-flagged floor made her start . |
| 6 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 7 | The darkening river made it sound hollow . |
| 8 | His use of the English language made me respect him . |
| 9 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 10 | Jolly cabaret in the Odeon-like theatre made us forget we were at sea ; a friendly , comfortable ship with pleasant , fairly roomy cabins . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman heard me say on numerous occasions when the Environmental Protection Bill was being considered in Committee that it was under strength . |
| 12 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 13 | So the old man let him go , but with a heavy heart . |
| 14 | Did we think we about the old staff did you say ? |
| 15 | To be imprisoned side by side with them in the male domain made them look forward beyond Karlinsky 's address to the regular Saturday-night social in the communal hall next door when they would be able to get together , relax and talk without constraint . |
| 16 | So , although the events leading up to the Civil War made it seem desirable to Hobbes to write De Cive before the completion of De Homine , his finding this possible was not inconsistent with his conception of a three-part ordered system of Elements of Philosophy . |
| 17 | The brief contact made her gasp . |
| 18 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 19 | With what delight , therefore , on scanning the surrounding heath did I spot , barely 50 yards to my left — The Tumulus ! |
| 20 | The bad news is that the good news made me feel so relieved and excited that I ran out to a bar and drank a bunch of big ones . |
| 21 | In contrast to these reductions in the rate of stroke , the effect on heart attacks was much less : only in the systolic hypertension in the elderly programme did it achieve significance . |
| 22 | At no time during the writing of The Snow-White Soliloquies did I make any conscious connection between its contents and anorexia nervosa . |
| 23 | The mocking hostility in the deep voice made her wince . |
| 24 | The severe straits in which the Treasury found itself after the Crimean War made it seem quite impractical to seek a solution which involved increasing the duties of officialdom . |
| 25 | The very thought made him feel warm inside . |
| 26 | The very idea made him cringe inside . |
| 27 | He endlessly touched her , and the physical thrill made her tingle . |
| 28 | For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place . ’ |
| 29 | But on the contrary Willie made it seem a prop of the work , like ripe thighs in a chorus girl or the swivel eye of Ben Turpin . |
| 30 | The cool statement made her look at him sharply . |