Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old windbag still had some spunk left , despite all the shit his dear old Fuhrer made him eat . |
| 2 | A hollow wooden noise made him turn his head . |
| 3 | AND HOW MANY BRONZED LATIN LOVERS DID YOU FIND , EH ? ’ |
| 4 | I mean I was interested a a a another very interesting point you made Mike at the beginning , you said that is there , had there been studies that show the standards of French industrial relations did you say that , that this has kind of become a pattern for industrial relations conflict in France . |
| 5 | He did this until 1936 , when the Spanish civil war made him stay in France . |
| 6 | He was a quiet man , so his sudden bellowed opinions made one jump . |
| 7 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 8 | The deep sardonic voice made her gasp . |
| 9 | A nurse led Charlie through to a cubicle where an elderly man in a long white coat made him strip to the waist , cough , stick out his tongue and breathe heavily before prodding him all over with a cold rubber object . |
| 10 | The levy due on hundred-per-cent woollen goods made him remember other customs regulations , and then instantly of his contraband Sam . |
| 11 | The resultant sharp pain made him suck in his breath , which in turn caused a burning stab of agony in his chest . |
| 12 | Her short derisive laugh made him feel suitably patronized . |
| 13 | Breeze laughed , for this petulant little outburst made him seem more human . |
| 14 | His heavy black eyebrows made him look fearsome as he glared unbelievingly at Hank . |
| 15 | He drew her against him so completely that shafts of sexual awareness pierced her and a blind hungry need made her cling to him . |
| 16 | On subsequent visits to Spain Minton did reveal enough knowledge of Spanish to engage locals in conversations in bars , but in 1949 the only Spanish Bernard heard him say was ‘ No , melón ! ’ to a waiter . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've only got two hands , and you — ’ A strange hissing sound made her look over her shoulder . |
| 18 | Unlike the others , however , he is presented as wholly admirable : ‘ much irreconcilable moral contradiction did he pass his life among ; yet his equality of compassion was no more disturbed than the Divine Master 's of all healing was … |
| 19 | Which other Italian conductors did you admire ? |
| 20 | That 's for that other dodgy board did they ring up about |
| 21 | The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey . |
| 22 | Not till 1960 as a senior Lay Preacher did I set foot in Oxford , for a crash course at Mansfield . |
| 23 | A sympathetic local media helped us harass and embarrass the silly burghers as they repeatedly refused to let us use the Assembly Rooms . |