Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of the sophisticated impresario with his driving ambition and the outspoken Newcastle woman with her earthy language and manner to match , made them appear a strange couple . |
| 2 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ She made me walk straight and tall again , made me feel a complete man with her excellently designed footwear , ’ he had boomed . |
| 4 | It made me take a good look at what I really wanted out of men and dating . |
| 5 | ‘ They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry . |
| 6 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
| 7 | She swung her heavily stuffed silver-mesh purse on its long chain and made something like a little skipping step towards the door Nicandra thought she had never looked prettier . |
| 8 | And then , purely on impulse , Cardiff heard himself ask a crazy question , but a question that was no crazier than the situation he 'd found himself in of late , with people who vanished into and out of walls , the hideous death of four people , three of them his own men and a stalking monstrosity from the pages of a horror comic out there somewhere in the night … not to mention cars that just fell out of the sky . |
| 9 | Heard you greet a known spy by name and heard him acknowledge you . ’ |
| 10 | Jessamy heard herself give a small gasp . |
| 11 | For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh . |
| 12 | God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her . |
| 13 | This time she heard him use a rude word , and said out aloud , ‘ Oh , Michael , you should never say that . ’ |
| 14 | You never heard him say a bad word or anything like that . |
| 15 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 16 | I tugged the ribbon and lifted the lid and heard myself give a harsh shout of anger and rejection and probably shame . |
| 17 | With Caliban it 's as if somebody made him drink a whole bottle of whisky . |
| 18 | In four areas local conditions made him favour a unitary approach and the same authority would , therefore , ‘ exercise both regional and district responsibilities ’ ( Senior 1969 : 159 ) . |
| 19 | At least one landing craft commander was for ‘ giving her the gun ’ to speed the tense minutes as they approached the enemy shore , but Lieutenant-Colonel John Durnford-Slater ( Commanding Officer of 3 Commando ) made him maintain a steady speed . |
| 20 | Riven saw something like a black tide sweep out of the stream , and then there was the green glow of eyes everywhere in the chaotic darkness , and the Myrcan staves were whistling and cracking down to break bones and shatter skulls . |
| 21 | Louise turned sharply to Helen , who felt herself turn a treacherous red . |
| 22 | One huge hand was already placed in the small of her back , pinning her helplessly to the desk : then she felt him wind a thick hank of her blonde hair around his other fist , and jerk her head back . |
| 23 | She felt him heave a great sigh , and when she looked up saw tears running freely down his cheeks . |
| 24 | Patrick saw him unzip a small pocket . |
| 25 | Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd . |
| 26 | Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage . |
| 27 | The exceptional skills of Ettore Bugatti saw him develop a four-wheel drive car , the Type 53 , for hill climbing in 1932 . |
| 28 | Jess felt it like a physical blow . |
| 29 | He got a little overtime and he made it go a long way . |
| 30 | There 's a lot of moaning and groaning going on , did everyone have a late night , last night ? |