Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun prp] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I let Bruno do all my business work . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He wanted something in Dominions , ’ I heard Ma tell one of her friends . |
| 3 | I heard Cortot play several concerts after the war , and these made me more aware than ever how important it is to give every ounce of yourself to Chopin if you want to play him well ! |
| 4 | I du n no why he did that , but when I heard Marie tell that , I felt really horrible . |
| 5 | He offered no denials , which made Ruth feel ten times worse for her accusations . |
| 6 | One young woman , Lucy , told how sad she felt that her mother had very low self-esteem , believed she was unattractive and overweight — even said once that there was nothing she could do or be that Lucy and her sisters ‘ could n't do or be better ’ , which made Lucy feel envied and forced into competition with her mother , when she did n't want to be . |
| 7 | G. agrees that the offender has probably escaped prosecution because of his violent and aggressive demeanour which made G. think first of his personal safety . |
| 8 | The appointment , which was controversial in its own right , was part of a wider constitutional controversy which saw Mulroney appoint 24 new senators within a month . |
| 9 | It was n't you who helped Mr get some trousers on that was done by the C I D when they arrived ? |
| 10 | Why are you letting Patrick drink that whiskey ? |
| 11 | She saw Adam take two strides to it and grip it in his hands . |
| 12 | As she watched she saw Sarah put both arms round Corrie and hug her with a joyful laugh . |
| 13 | She saw Lydia go pink , and misunderstood . |
| 14 | 35 HOW WE HELPED YURI KEEP ONE JUMP AHEAD |
| 15 | How we helped Yuri keep one jump ahead |
| 16 | Just watching her made Frankie feel warm inside . |
| 17 | They helped Scott get ready . |
| 18 | If anyone is a replacement for Wallace it is he ( due to him making Strach look TALL ) . |
| 19 | He looked … he looked wonderful , and it made Robyn feel ten times worse . |
| 20 | He let Slovakia go more or less its own way under the puppet regime of Father Tiso . |
| 21 | He heard Mandru tell all the other Ixmaritians that never had he seen such eloquence of posture , such moving pathos . |
| 22 | This is the appropriate mood for The Hague , a town so bourgeois it makes Amsterdam seem rough and ready . |
| 23 | ‘ What did Harry get stuck on ? ’ |