Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teacher at the junior high school in the town of Kizu made them hold negative and positive terminals while he turned on an electric current . |
| 2 | She looked different with her hair cut and it made them feel shy . |
| 3 | The more able in the group felt they ‘ could n't tell us anything we do n't already know ’ or they were ‘ depressing ’ , while the remainder said that they did not like them because they made them feel inadequate . |
| 4 | The audience , too , was painfully hungry and yet in the presence of food which was not apparently destined for their stomachs ; this made them feel weak and peevish . |
| 5 | Probably Dizzy 's gang , keeping out of the way in case the sight of others working made them feel weak . |
| 6 | Working alongside such eroticism made them feel awkward . |
| 7 | It was found that some aromas made people feel drowsy , others made them feel uplifted or even euphoric . |
| 8 | They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’ |
| 9 | Stepping out made them feel bold and confident and strong . |
| 10 | Rebel Males by Graham McCann ( Hamish Hamilton , £10.99 ) — Montgomery Clift , Marlon Brando and James Dean , the subjects of this literate and readable study , pioneered a new kind of rebel as screen hero : they exuded primeval , ambiguous sexuality , and were not afraid of roles that made them look vulnerable , foolish or insecure . |
| 11 | A dull sheen just on the curve of each shoe 's toe instantly made them look solid . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't live with myself if I sent someone on their way with an outfit that made them look awful . ’ |
| 13 | Made them look old before their time . |
| 14 | For it seemed to him that the benches and bin he suddenly saw were bigger than normal and that behind them there loomed not the curves and familiar shapes of the black-painted Victorian Cages , but greater shapes that pointed darkly to the sky as mist enshrouded them in grey and made them seem alive . |
| 15 | But there was something about them , maybe their mohair suits , maybe the hard men they imported from Glasgow or maybe their bonding as brothers that made them seem glamorous . |
| 16 | It made them Feel big , boosted their egos . |
| 17 | It did not matter whether they had been far-sighted landowners , former artisans or merchants in feudal society ; what is crucial for Marxists is the belief that their ownership of the new and increasingly predominant mode of production led them to have common interests and goals . |
| 18 | He asked me to go full-time with him , but I said I was committed to Frank . |
| 19 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
| 20 | ‘ He asked me to take good care of them . |
| 21 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 22 | They asked me to make sure that you are well . |
| 23 | ( 171b ) She got me to look stupid . |
| 24 | He made me do terrible things , things with animals , for instance . |
| 25 | Their genuine spirit made me feel bogus and cowardly . |
| 26 | It made me feel great — so great that I agreed to do yet another lecture , this time in front of a full fourth-year assembly — that 's over a hundred kids ! |
| 27 | But they made me feel great , I told them , " I want to live here . " |
| 28 | It made me feel uneasy . |
| 29 | The insanity of my reality made me feel stupid and powerless . |
| 30 | I never let on that my dad 's brother , Uncle Joe , made me feel anxious . |