Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tammuz' jaded beliefs were not that novel : Quincx had heard them spill from many a Tech-Green 's lips ; but then Ewan had always thought himself unique . |
| 2 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 3 | It 's great to see them perform in those kinds of circumstances . |
| 4 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 5 | And that I , I would n't be adverse , I know it means you know you , you , if you put s some extra into one thing you 've got to take it away from somewhere else , but I , I , I would be quite happy to see them look at special needs and whether we actually need even more careers officer time for that . |
| 6 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 7 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 8 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 9 | It was an odd shade of reddish gold and , coupled with their tanned complexions and slanted eyes , made them look like young eagles . |
| 10 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Victorians , of course , for all their virtues , had an edge of prudery which made them condemn in public that which they were busy practising in private . |
| 13 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 14 | If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals . |
| 15 | ‘ Surely they ca n't make them fly through that , can they ? ’ |
| 16 | You may think you have problems now , but Vittorio can make them seem like fond memories . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't make me suffer like this ! ’ |
| 18 | Peter does n't make me laugh at all . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't make me think of that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , my darling , my darling , why do you make me wait like this ! ’ |
| 21 | He made me dress in erotic underwear and to dress as his sex slave . |
| 22 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 23 | They made me feel of some value again and the warmth was flooding through me long before the kettle had boiled on the iron stove in the corner . |
| 24 | This made me feel in later life that I was very unattractive , because I had had so many negative thoughts about my appearance earlier in my life . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was Lanyon 's horror that made me feel like that . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ’ Boy often made me think of that particular moment — it was the way he looked down . |
| 28 | It made me think of that voodoo thing which hangs round graveyards and wears a top hat . ’ |
| 29 | The only thing that made me go into any routine was Pam . |
| 30 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |