Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 2 | That we should cut off the electricity and make everyone live in the dark ? |
| 3 | At one time , he even dominated Mot , the surly god of death , and banished him to exile in the desert . |
| 4 | She took him into the living-room and made him sit in the black leather armchair . |
| 5 | They had suddenly pulled up his breeches and made him stand in the corner . |
| 6 | Somehow it must have found its way through the post-and-wire barrier that bounded the meadow , skipped farther on and got itself tangled in the barbs of the fencing at the top of the embankment beyond , above the railway line . |
| 7 | I noted the small bunches of flowers laid in the Place de la Concorde in memory of Resistance fighters , and thought how especially fragile and touching they seemed in the immensity of that noble square . |
| 8 | It is difficult to fit the two together , and to know which visits in the two books correspond . |
| 9 | Now much of the rest of the stone of the building also dates from the medieval period but in fact in the nineteenth century the building er was very popular as a church and the vicar at the time decided that what he needed was more space and so they knocked down virtually the whole building apart from the tower and the east erm erm window and rebuilt it to put in the er gallery at the level that we 're standing here . |
| 10 | How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily . |
| 11 | I spent a romantic holiday on the island some 30 years ago in a mountain village with a non-sailing companion and found myself pining in the summer heat for that azure water in the little harbour below . |
| 12 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 13 | I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor . |
| 14 | PALEFACE David Mellor walked into a hall full of journalists last night … and found himself drinking in The Last Chance Saloon . |
| 15 | We praise you , O God , that the light of Christ shines amidst the darkness of our world and that the darkness has not overcome it ; and we pray that his light may shine more and more into our own lives , illuminating our minds with the knowledge of the truth and enabling us to walk in the way of holiness and love ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord , |
| 16 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 17 | Guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) and the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) on Aug. 11 and Aug. 16 carried out raids in the departments of Huilar and Bolívar which resulted in the deaths of 17 members of the security forces , 20 guerrillas and two doctors . |
| 18 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 19 | Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's . |
| 20 | If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done . |
| 21 | If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first . |
| 22 | They would salt them down and let them lie in the brine for a while and they would take them out and dry them . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 24 | Look at the picture and imagine what happened in the fight . |
| 25 | She has to know how to deliver appropriate information to the patient , to overcome the neurological deficit which is the result of the brain damage , and to help him react in the way she wishes by producing carefully controlled movements . |
| 26 | He decided to wait and see what happened in the other rehearsals . |
| 27 | I step on a few and watch them crack in the middle like a sheet of glass . |
| 28 | Thank goodness for the peaceful resolution of the final lines ‘ Heal our sick , Ease our pain , And give us to share In the joys of the blessed ’ , a much-needed balm to soothe the overriding impression of inconsolable grief and anguish . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , some of their riders then did them no favours whatsoever by steering for the rail and getting them penned in the pack . |
| 30 | Their regimes may have been impoverished by the emphasis on security and restrictions on movement within the prison , but at least the physical settings avoided the squalor and overcrowding which worsened in the local prisons . |