Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly there were policemen everywhere who ran into the suite and made everyone get up against the wall with their hands above their heads . |
| 2 | Were you given the money or did you have to pay for that yourself ? |
| 3 | ‘ Our combined weights on the outside of the cradle pushed it into the side of the building and made it tip , ’ said Warel . |
| 4 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 5 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 6 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 7 | I tugged the ribbon and lifted the lid and heard myself give a harsh shout of anger and rejection and probably shame . |
| 8 | Vigno had taken two lumps of granite from the side of the hill and made us keep them in our mouths for three hours . |
| 9 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 10 | Then everything came back in a wave of anguish and she ducked her head under the water and made herself hold her eyes open until they smarted with pain . |
| 11 | She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side . |
| 12 | He punched her on the head and made her do pull-ups against a door frame . |
| 13 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
| 14 | As they reached Allen 's side a voice broke the stillness and made them spin round . |
| 15 | Oh no there was a there was another man but he was a but queer like you know he was alright but he used to ring the bell and Did you hear the bell ringing on Sunday ? |
| 16 | It was the part of him that switched off the alarm in the morning and made him sleep in . |
| 17 | Chen saw the knife describe an arc through the air and felt himself flinch . |
| 18 | She achieved the crest of the road and saw it spill over , and the village in the bottom of the valley , silent as if drowned a hundred years beneath a lake . |
| 19 | Did they have a , did they have a band or anything in the church or did they sing without music ? |
| 20 | She looked out of the little window above the door and saw him stop on the path . |
| 21 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |
| 22 | When Marjorie went back into her own garden , Emmie stood at the door and heard her say , ‘ Nick , it 's too ridiculous , they ca n't go on like this , that child 's worn out . |
| 23 | He touched her gently under the chin and made her look up . |
| 24 | Did you rehearse the music in the studio or did you learn the songs outside ? |
| 25 | That fat kid from the Double Deckers who played the tuba and made it look the size of a bag of crisps … what is he up to now ? |
| 26 | The area has encouraged entrepreneurs and investors since the late 1930s when engineering professor , Frederick Terman , the acknowledged ‘ father of Silicon Valley ’ , attracted engineers and scientists from the east and helped them find money for their work . |
| 27 | Were they completely off the cuff or did you have some idea of what you were going to do ? |
| 28 | He banged on the power and felt it start to right itself . |
| 29 | No not really , no Could you of chosen erm where to have the house or did they have some , that had been left for that purpose ? |
| 30 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |