Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flaubert , who visited the island in 1847 , got lost in these deserted , deceptively placid fields , of which he wrote : ‘ One would have said that all those who owned them profited from them but did not like them . ’ |
| 2 | As for the three goblins , they crept back to the king of the vookodlaks and he beat them all , and made them stand on their heads in the mud for three years and thirty days . |
| 3 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 4 | ( Later ) They wanted to give Lenin tea and to treat him to speeches of welcome , but he made them talk about tactics . |
| 5 | Instead we made them talk about where they lived and about their families . |
| 6 | That made them want to , of course . |
| 7 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 8 | Castleford are unhappy enough about the £145,000 a tribunal made them pay for Steadman , though even with his presence , they were unable to defeat their neighbours , as the second successive Yorkshire Cup semi-final went to a replay . |
| 9 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 10 | The central position which the Communists occupied in these campaigns was a result of their international connections , which made them appear as the principal opponents of Fascism . |
| 11 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 12 | He got on very well with the patients , and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him . |
| 13 | Then Brown Owl called to the Brownies who were left and made them lie with their heads pointing towards the swampland , then with the last two Brownies she made an arrowhead , like this : — |
| 14 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 15 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 16 | King penguins were nesting on the hare ground a short walk from our landing beach , and while some still had eggs ( which are hatched on top of the feet under a fold of skin on the belly ) , others already had young , some of whom had developed brown down which made them look like teddy bears ! |
| 17 | It was an odd shade of reddish gold and , coupled with their tanned complexions and slanted eyes , made them look like young eagles . |
| 18 | The induction of recruits became a more civilized process in September 1862 when Miliutin declared that their heads need not be shaved and that they ought to be conducted to the barracks in everyday clothing rather than clothes that made them look like convicts . |
| 19 | IT 'S the rematch of the decade — the Buffalo Bills against the side that made them look like schoolboys in Superbowl XXVII , the Dallas Cowboys . |
| 20 | In contrast , Watford 's teamwork and crisp passing made them look by far the better side on view at Vicarage Road . |
| 21 | He made them sound like the Famous Five |
| 22 | He made them sound like the Famous Five . |
| 23 | Coming from eighty throats , it swept with them down from the wooded foothills and made them sound like a flock of scavenging birds disturbed from their carcass . |
| 24 | Emburey and Edmonds , however , made them work for their runs and took wickets as well , Emburey finishing with 5 for 78 . |
| 25 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 26 | McKellar 's subjects " … quite frequently likened the images to lantern slides … " and furthermore their unrelatedness both to current preoccupations and to each other made them seem like a series of lecturer 's slides which had not only " … been mixed up but were really intended for some other lecture " . |
| 27 | Facially the two men were very different , Kustow 's face blunt , Lever 's hawkish , but the similarity of dress and the starkness of their haircuts made them seem like brothers , or members of some strange cult . |
| 28 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 29 | The Thatcher group had several characteristics which made them differ from their predecessors . |
| 30 | Downstairs the Disco provided a large crowd with the sounds that made them get on the floor and bring a whole new ball game to the w world of the Barn Dance . |