Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 2 | Then he made me look at the windows . |
| 3 | He made them sound like the Famous Five |
| 4 | He made them sound like the Famous Five . |
| 5 | He made it cling to the garments of his characters to provide them with something of their personalities . |
| 6 | Time and again , he made it run through the sequence with him . |
| 7 | He let them trail on the ground . |
| 8 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 9 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 10 | Moving the light round the half-circle , he let it rest on the third stone from the mouth of the chamber on the right hand side — the one which had been so prominent in his ‘ photograph ’ . |
| 11 | And he let us climb to the top deck of the car , with a much better view of the route , this being usually reserved for smokers . |
| 12 | He thought he heard him chuckle from the shadows once , but his eyes could not penetrate the gloom . |
| 13 | He watched me deal with the piglets and said he would call me when he needed a vet . ’ |
| 14 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 15 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 16 | He was gratified , therefore , when he saw them come into the church at Gillamoor , accompanied by Victoria , and the three year old Hilary . |
| 17 | And then he saw them come into the amber flicker of the firelight with the flames lighting green lamps in their heads . |