Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better . |
| 2 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 3 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 4 | Kelly made her escape . |
| 5 | Swindon made it count too . |
| 6 | ‘ William made me sell it . |
| 7 | Then after Sir Henry had gone to-his room , Holmes made me stand in front of the picture . |
| 8 | The last time I saw her was when Benedict Joseph shoved her into his car outside the Villa Fiesole , and Philippe made me go with him to Nice . ’ |
| 9 | All day and then he got all to do at lunch time yeah they kept it up all the day , they had separate play time , they had had to eat their lunch in the class room all they were allowed was a piece of fruit , a bread and water and they all had to have , you know , they had a bread roll supplied by the school an a an apple I think And Jan made them write out their names and some of them could n't write their name ! |
| 10 | Charles ' suspicions of Dr Lefeuvre made him think his address was already common knowledge . |
| 11 | Roman let her go and she closed the door on him with relief , pushing any tinge of regret that he had n't kissed her firmly away . |
| 12 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 13 | Anyway , Ben let her stay . |
| 14 | When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go . |
| 15 | I made the mistake of letting Jan know I share a flat with a Man . |
| 16 | ‘ George Duffield let her breeze along for six furlongs on Saturday morning and she just flew . |
| 17 | Abruptly , at her first panicky push at him , Ven let her go . |
| 18 | A shout from David made her start . |
| 19 | Shortly before Event finally closed , Branson made one last telephone call to Tony Elliott . |
| 20 | At the end of the day , however , Celtic just about deserved their triumph , though Dundee made them fight every inch of the way . |
| 21 | Binding me with his confidences , he said that the wonderfully athletic , Aryan rear view of Steffi Graf made him understand how the camp inmates could believe they were indeed Untermenschen in relation to the SS . |
| 22 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 23 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 24 | But the memory of Mala in that half-embrace with Gharr made me wonder if she had not already … travelled beyond my reach . |
| 25 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 26 | Like himself , Alexander was a clerk who served the King , even following him to England when the late Scottish King had gone south to attend the coronation of Edward I. Corbett let him ramble on while the gambling group broke up amidst loud shouts and farewells , and a harassed servant brought Corbett a cloak . |
| 27 | ‘ Ann helped me try to resuscitate him . |
| 28 | Pion helped him drag the pot towards the hatch . |
| 29 | Sylvie let him take her arm , floated . |
| 30 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |