Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 2 | It made me cringe at its over-the-top violence . |
| 3 | The g was less , and that made me feel at home . |
| 4 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 5 | It was only the thought of this poor baby in me that made me stir at all and get myself to a friend of Ferdinando 's who is in the way of knowing all the business of the street being a wine-merchant and visited by all . |
| 6 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 7 | It made me look at myself again with a more critical eye and say yes , I can be more positive and look to the future with renewed optimism . |
| 8 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 9 | Then he made me look at the windows . |
| 10 | You made me look at you , I 've overlowed his |
| 11 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 12 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 13 | In the antique firearms section there was a pair of pistols fitted with a detonating system which used fulminate and dated from about 1809 ; there was an intriguing possible English royal connection and this , together with their unusual detonation , helped them sell at £5,000 . |
| 14 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 15 | Mittwoch ( 1990 : 117 ) feels very similar impressions to those described by Cotte : like him , she points out that a sentence such as ( 218a ) seems contradictory whereas ( 218b ) does not : ( 218a ) * She let him stay at home yesterday but he chose to go to school all the same . |
| 16 | Whilst he has this weight advantage ( you get with youth ) Id let him run at defenders but especially the 2 central ones . |
| 17 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 18 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 19 | B but Terry let us look at the |
| 20 | Tea helped us rise at 3am for the final climb . |
| 21 | What made you jump at that moment ? |
| 22 | Others made you marvel at their cleverness and knowledge : this was an achievement as well as an entertainment . |
| 23 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
| 24 | Once I heard him speak at a church service in Morton , and although he was an excellent speaker , there was a certain bitterness and disappointment in his words . |
| 25 | She heard him gasp at the sheer beauty of her superb feminine body . |
| 26 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 27 | Edging between the two tall , upright stones , Tug heard him mutter at the Woman , ‘ Lock up the car and bring the Kalashnikov . |
| 28 | My friend was about 50 feet above me and almost out of sight in the fog , when I heard him yell at me to ‘ come and see this ’ . |
| 29 | I heard him say at one gathering that there were certain things he thought ought to be done , and he was going to do them , whether people followed him or not . |
| 30 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |