Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made Defries think of Johannsen . |
| 2 | That made Shiona feel better . |
| 3 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |
| 4 | Sha n't be sorry to see Philip go , will you ? |
| 5 | I was sorry to see Rocky go and I would like him back . |
| 6 | Some Leeds players are sorry to see Cantona go , but remain confident of doing well without him . |
| 7 | Billy was a tower of strength in Palace 's two years in the 1st Division , 1979–81 , missing only five of our 84 games there , and then his sturdy and dependable displays helped to keep us from further embarrassment after we had returned to Division Two , so that every Palace fan was sorry to see Billy opt to leave us for Portsmouth in the 1984 close season . |
| 8 | Would n't that make Michael laugh ? |
| 9 | It 's heartening to see NI take up some of the challenges of feminism in a thoughtful , provocative way . |
| 10 | For some reason , although she had not been doing the cooking , this made Lydia feel like Lucretia Borgia . |
| 11 | If this made companies tremble , David Tweedie 's pronouncements will have done nothing to calm their fears . |
| 12 | This made Christology seem natural . |
| 13 | This made Léonie giggle ; she rather liked it . |
| 14 | He did not care how this made Phyllisia feel . |
| 15 | This made Abie grip the reins tightly ; the muscles of his neck knotted and grew as all his worlds — past and future , real and imagined — became jumbled together and in his confusion the voice in his head rushed out of his mouth . |
| 16 | This helped Airtours generate no less than £8m in interest alone during the year . |
| 17 | For example , in 1969 after a warming in Soviet-Pakistani relations the USSR was willing to help Pakistan construct a naval base for submarines at Kwadar , which was near the Pakistani-Iranian border and the developing Iranian naval base at Chah Bahar . |
| 18 | I was interested to hear Derek remark how much more difficult he found it to cull a larger fry , like the inch plus Angel that had slipped through his quality control . |
| 19 | It is an additional requirement of the religion , that it shall be in some logical form which can be accepted by all kinds of people , from the academically minded who need to be satisfied with its innate sound reasoning , to those who are prepared to let faith take over where the tedium of logical study is not wanted or not within their individual capacities to undertake . |
| 20 | The coroner was quite prepared to let Athelstan use the advantage they had now gained . |
| 21 | ‘ And you were prepared to let Fairfax-Vane go to prison despite having the means to prevent it . |
| 22 | ‘ You did say , in Vienna , ’ Gesner reminded him , ‘ that you would be prepared to let Ingrid have a lead role in one of the productions . |
| 23 | ‘ You are quite prepared to let Ana lead you onwards ? ’ |
| 24 | Although it will probably be a long time before we are prepared to let robots perform operations on us , Pam will be ready for trials next year , and her potential for cutting the 750,000 nursing days lost each year through back strain may make her popular with medical staff and patients alike . |
| 25 | I think the Algerians have been angry with him for some time and are prepared to let Polisario have a free hand . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sure the Doctor is now prepared to let Pool occupy his blue box — are n't you , Doctor ? ’ |
| 27 | I … was too embarrassed to let Faye know , so I waited until … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was right and proper to let Paul know he would be playing . ’ |
| 29 | I am willing to let miracles happen . |
| 30 | He had plenty of time to prepare this great phrase , for the outrage was said to have happened in 1731 and he was not asked about it until 1738 , but the delay led to no awkward questions ; by the late 1730s Parliament was growing increasingly annoyed with Spanish interference with British trade , and it was not willing to let Walpole go on with his peaceful policy . |