Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In neither case did they mean they had personally been involved . |
| 2 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 3 | ANOTHER disjointed performance by Glasgow High-Kelvinside at Old Anniesland saw them slip further into the relegation area . |
| 4 | In contrast , Watford 's teamwork and crisp passing made them look by far the better side on view at Vicarage Road . |
| 5 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Working alongside such eroticism made them feel awkward . |
| 8 | Personal experiences made them reject the new truism that the children of fatherless families become delinquent . |
| 9 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 10 | how much control did they have over ? |
| 11 | To be imprisoned side by side with them in the male domain made them look forward beyond Karlinsky 's address to the regular Saturday-night social in the communal hall next door when they would be able to get together , relax and talk without constraint . |
| 12 | Rosener ( 1978 ) finds much consideration in the literature of participation as an end in itself , and this is relatively easy to evaluate : how many clients participated ? what kinds of people ? how frequently ? how much time did they invest ? what were their attitudes ( and those of the workers ) to participation ? |
| 13 | Breeze and Gay were turning their steps towards Sunset Cottage when a terrific hoot made them look round ; and there was the Blessington-Dalrymples ' car , with Basil at the wheel and his parents and sister behind . |
| 14 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 15 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 16 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 17 | 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 " . |
| 18 | They 're asking each other did they know what was going to happen ? |
| 19 | and I said grandma how many , how many hankies did they have for you ? |
| 20 | Only twice in their first 57 appearances did they take the stage without him . |
| 21 | Roll on the summer how many tapes did they give you to do ? |
| 22 | Apparently they blast you with hormones , so Moira 's pal says , to make you ovulate and everybody is sitting around going , ‘ how many eggs did they get out of you ? |
| 23 | How many people did they employ there ? |
| 24 | Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei 's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again . |
| 25 | How how many rooms did they have ? |
| 26 | it was a dismal ending to David Sole 's and Iwan Tukalo 's distinguished careers but the Scots ' inability to withstand the Wallabies ' dominance in the set pieces and their slick attack saw them suffer two comprehensive losses . |
| 27 | The squeak of the stable door made them turn round . |
| 28 | What specific threats did they make to you sir ? |
| 29 | Most of the scrappy first half saw them sit back and prevent the dominant but over-elaborate Hearts from scoring . |
| 30 | The bends were sharp and the sideways gravity made them roll helplessly . |