Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb -s] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 2 | I preferred them when they were fresh because they had a bit of a tang later on , but they were so good that the thought of them makes me hungry . |
| 3 | The disease Thomas suffers from is a rare condition called A-T which makes him unsteady and prone to infections — and cancer . |
| 4 | Fletcher resolves this by saying that ‘ [ It ] all depends on what doctors customarily do , ’ so that if doctors customarily switch off ventilators in the circumstances under discussion , then this of itself makes it lawful to do so . |
| 5 | You should consider whether this is really what you want to do , or whether it is because you have never been on holiday alone before and the thought of it makes you nervous . |
| 6 | The compacted mudflow presents a much more serious problem to archaeologists than the relatively soft pumice of Pompeii , and this coupled with the awkward presence of the new town on top of it makes it unlikely that it will ever be completely excavated . |
| 7 | Everybody needs a bit of what does you good . |
| 8 | The endurance of rivers , which is part of what makes them such a potent symbol in our culture , is also precisely the reason why they matter so much to ecologists and scientists . |
| 9 | Perhaps what was most lacking in the left 's criticism of A Very British Coup was any general discussion of the distinct importance of television as a medium and , more specifically , the question of what makes it such a potentially politically effective medium . |
| 10 | It means erm learning with each other and learning from each other because none of us knows it all ! |
| 11 | One system , FilePower from Optika , has icons of filing cabinets with names underneath which makes it simple to use , while others will have more recognisable fields and records . |
| 12 | He says it 's not knowing where you going toe nd up which makes it fun . |
| 13 | ‘ Because arriving with you makes it easier for me to leave with you — to take you home , Maria . ’ |
| 14 | This in itself makes it improbable that independent producers of energy will have free access to the French grid . |
| 15 | ‘ True , but their joy in everything makes it all worthwhile . |
| 16 | ‘ The way you crawl to them makes me sick , ’ said Mallachy . |
| 17 | Still , I expect Grandstand and Question Time are even now fighting it out over who gets me first . |
| 18 | It is a common experience in reading that you read something , then try to write about it ; writing about it gives you new ideas , and so when you read the original again you find new things in it because of the new ideas you have brought to it . |
| 19 | The West Indian family values education , but the way it goes about it makes it impossible for the kids . |
| 20 | Erm the cluster makes you realise how you presented things to people what you can improve them having things in your hand that it it just makes you erm more nervous because you 're fumbling about what makes me more nervous you 're fumbling about with something trying to do something that you do n't really need to do . |
| 21 | My own view is that the fate of working people , the trade unions and the Labour Party are one and the same and that any attempt to weaken links between us condemns us all to the same failure . |
| 22 | Everything around us makes us enthusiastic about knitting again after the lazy outdoor days of summer . |