Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated .
2 That made me laugh as well , ’ says Taki .
3 A child 's breathless wailing calmed by the firm slap of the father 's hand , a dead ant revived by the careless press of a passing sole , a wounded finger healed and sealed by the knife 's blade : anything like that made me flinch and veer .
4 Later , when lucidity returned to him , the recollection of that made him blush and cringe , but at the time he did not care .
5 That made you cough and blink .
6 Commenting on Mr Hutchison 's decision Professor Raymond Miquel the Council Chairman said they would be sorry to see him go and paid tribute to the contribution he had made to Scottish sport over the past 26 years .
7 This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back .
8 This made me feel that Sorrel was still with us , and I 'm sure she was — in Bamba .
9 Often this made him laugh and hug her .
10 This made it appear that he threw the ball when bowling at his fastest ; when he reduced his pace he was relatively innocuous .
11 But if you can actually influence the French let us know because , or let the government know , because they , they 've been trying for years ever since Napoleon 's day , to try and do something .
12 I did n't say his manipulation of the accounts were n't serious — they are — but I 'm prepared to let them go if Garry toes the line . ’
13 But they 're prepared to let it stand as the prices are at the moment cos they 're under pressure .
14 ‘ I am bitterly disappointed , for Aunt Emily says that it would not be at all proper for me to come to Trelorne and that I was very wrong to let you think that I might .
15 This helps me concentrate and drift into more intense areas of thought .
16 Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you .
17 This makes me wonder whether your drive is fitted on a 5.25-inch mounting frame .
18 This makes me wonder if it is the creative thought that guides the discoverer or whether it is the emotion that is the creative force that impels him to the solution .
19 This makes it vomit and gives it diarrhoea , so you 're flushing the toxins out of both ends .
20 They do this to make us feel that we are significant — they are recognising the customer as an individual .
21 He is synonymous with the success we have achieved and we would be very sad to see him go if he is offered the England post .
22 Second let us suppose that you are told that for every counter that you place in the jar within thirty seconds you will receive a pound coin .
23 Do you like singing in the village , where everybody knows you , or would you in some ways be less nervous do you think if you were singing like even to folk , who just do n't so well ?
24 Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply )
25 So how much do they spend if they filled it ?
26 Once it is established that insider dealing ought to be a criminal offence , the question becomes : how much do we punish and why ?
27 How much do you want if they 've got some ?
28 The thing I noticed was that they 're all close questions , you like the area , now Martin was very fair to you because you , he was very me most you could 've got very much did you move because of your , yes .
29 Well I was watching one of those Antique Road Shows quite recently and I found a chap got one of those little sort of two inch diameter one inch high chamber pots and he said and where did you get this and she said er at a car boot sale and he said and how much did you pay and she said twenty five P .
30 So much did he dread that his own was a case of ‘ redemption by parricide ’ that he emphasized the unwillingness with which he accepted the divine call with language which is exaggerated and almost coarse .
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