Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the many things which made them successful was the particular dramatic frame they used . |
| 2 | For centuries they were ‘ consecrated ’ by the first celebration in them of the eucharist : what made them holy was the use made of them . |
| 3 | you do n't want them that 's good erm , that 's a good win away from home . |
| 4 | Later I realised that what made me uncomfortable was not that they looked like the inmates of those cattle trucks . |
| 5 | Information about the effects of painkilling drugs is particularly important for lipreading mothers , since drugs which make them drowsy are likely to make them less able to communicate . |
| 6 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 7 | The thing that upset me most is the verbal abuse . |
| 8 | Do n't be daft , I hate 'em I would n't go if he invited me that 's right |
| 9 | ‘ What worries me most is the effect of the cuts following Rayner on the overall accuracy of government statistics . ’ |
| 10 | Er I 'm not sure er er I 'm sure there 's a place for them you know and someone wants them that 's lovely but we 're not hearing enough really of the Beautiful Dreamers would n't you agree ? |
| 11 | In the meantime , to keep you occupied — and to ensure that some part of the considerable sum of money invested in keeping you alive is repaid — we would like you to do some work for us . ’ |
| 12 | To begin to call out to God to fill us with his Spirit that we might know him better is what is needed . |
| 13 | I do n't know him this is bad as |
| 14 | But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting . |
| 15 | Have they provided prize-fights , or has it all been like all-in wrestling , where the heaves and grunts and assaults have seemed stagey and contrived ? |
| 16 | The people who may need it most are likely to be the unrecognized ones , the ones who it is somehow felt do not have a ‘ right ’ to support , even if it is known that they are upset . |
| 17 | I 've just , I traced it that 's |
| 18 | Moisture matters Now that your skin is toned and refreshed the key to keeping it soft is regular moisturising . |
| 19 | His claim that he did not consider it insulting is , technically , a mistake of law , and as such no excuse . |
| 20 | They found it dull being garrisoned here . ’ |
| 21 | As team manager she often found it hard being the middle person , caught between the demands of the team and the bureaucracy of a committee in England . |
| 22 | ‘ What worries us most is where the takeout will come from , ’ John Atkins of Phillips & Drew said . |
| 23 | But the sound that had startled me awake was different . |
| 24 | Cos David told me shocked be quite funny ! |
| 25 | ‘ The last creature who told me that is living in a green-grocer 's shop now . |
| 26 | Jean-Claude told me that is was here he had wished Montaine to be laid , not in the familiar old churchyard within a stone 's throw of the house . |
| 27 | Sure enough , he told me that 's what they planned for him . |
| 28 | We were going to say hullo to you , and then walk round to that little island — it 's called Seal Island — I ca n't say the Gaelic name but Mrs McDougall told me that 's what it means . |
| 29 | It 's not that bad , it 's just that red and green are fairly important colours to people who try to wave down planes and things like that , so they told me that being a pilot was definitely out . |
| 30 | In fact told me this is an expanding market . |