Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then make sure you know which they are and check them to see they have not been removed or weakened . |
| 2 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 3 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 4 | A whispering shriek of rage and terror behind them made them jump out of their skins . |
| 5 | ‘ Can I make him come out ? |
| 6 | The towers collapse when the height becomes too great and the vocabulary arising from this activity is usually of the type , ‘ Can I make it fall down ? ’ |
| 7 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 8 | I made him sit down and then I sat down on his lap . |
| 9 | I thought that if I made you realise how strongly I felt you might decide you feel the same . ’ |
| 10 | Only once do I allow a man to stay the night , and I make him sleep upstairs . |
| 11 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 12 | I helped him lie back . |
| 13 | I seen him go past about nine an' I hardly knew him ! |
| 14 | I had been struggling with tears for some time and now I let them flow freely . |
| 15 | No , well no I let them go though . |
| 16 | I let them get on with it , and returned ten minutes later to find them " space-walking " . |
| 17 | I let him stay here because of you . |
| 18 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 19 | no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again |
| 20 | I let him talk on about harriers and divers and skuas and all the rare and marvellous birds that would no doubt be waiting around to be photographed , and then put in the usual cautious query : ‘ And Ruth ? ’ |
| 21 | I let him talk on . |
| 22 | This he had turned into what looked like a camera shop and I let him get well ahead before starting my take-off . |
| 23 | It seemed to please him so I let him get on with it . |
| 24 | I do n't keep track any more , I let him get on with it . |
| 25 | once he 'd gone in there I , I let him get on with it |
| 26 | Dad and Mum were out , and I let him come up with me while I changed and then , well , there I was in my bra , and we kissed . |
| 27 | Well I let her carry on singing . |
| 28 | ‘ She 's begun to be difficult about going to bed , so I let her sleep there . ’ |
| 29 | I let her go back to that flat . ’ |
| 30 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |