Example sentences of "and the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | It is alleged that I am unpunctual sometimes , so certain members of the party arranged with the driver and the guard to make me run for the train . |
2 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
3 | And the consequences made her shudder . |
4 | Memory of the event and the inconvenience made her chuckle . |
5 | The other grades of quality problems are more difficult to eliminate unless you have the data and the culture to help you tease them out . ’ |
6 | The river bottom was ridged sand , a difficult and unkind footing , that combined with the cold and the rush to make me want to go fast while forcing me to go slow . |
7 | We clean him up and the caveman makes us look cool . |
8 | He remembered how fondly Jane had said farewell after her anger had abated , and the memory made him lift his hand to see , in the first creeping light of dawn , the small smear of rouge that still remained on his forefinger . |
9 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |
10 | They are played with much understanding , affection and polish , and the orchestra makes them sound very fresh . |
11 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
12 | The last two jobs are arguably the most important , the finish on the runners to make the sled slide , and the brake to make it stop . |
13 | Although he had the pride and the carriage to make it look easy , he was often terrified . |
14 | But Abraham still has God on his side , and the Pharaoh lets him go , and Sarah with him . |
15 | But the colonies were run on a shoe-string and generated explosive tensions ; both officers and men loathed the system , and the attempt to make it pay by imposing the most detailed and humiliating regulations sparked off repeated risings . |
16 | But I do believe that Nick Serota and the Tate chairman Dennis Stevenson have the sense of purpose and the energy to make it happen . |
17 | What image of Tanzania and the world did they present to their audience ? |
18 | The noise was terrible and the stench made them retch . |
19 | They answered just as Jesus had told them and the men let them go . |
20 | He told Newman to hold on and the Englishman heard him call out in German . |
21 | My order will not succeed as an order unless the person I am talking to is obliged to clean their boots ( condition 3 ) , and I have the right and the power to make them do so ( condition 4 ) . |