Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum made me go into town with her to spend my Christmas money on clothes . |
| 2 | His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines . |
| 3 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 4 | A concentrated assessment helped us focus on teaching procedures and materials more effectively and the problems we uncovered could be tackled immediately as we had direct access to the Subject Assessor ’ . |
| 5 | Jack 's Irish blood made him sympathize with the Levellers — the Irish have never forgiven Cromwell for the Drogheda massacre , you know . |
| 6 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 7 | A relief as much as a pleasure to see him emerge with credit , both as director and performer . |
| 8 | The snail 's pace of the boat made it seem like an endless expedition into the interior . |
| 9 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 10 | Whilst he has this weight advantage ( you get with youth ) Id let him run at defenders but especially the 2 central ones . |
| 11 | Tea helped us rise at 3am for the final climb . |
| 12 | The problem comes in many forms , but for the sake of brevity let me concentrate on pollution . |
| 13 | Bearing these points in mind let us look at developments in each of the main policy areas over the whole period . |
| 14 | Unfortunately though , he became too domesticated and did n't have a fear of humans so he was put on a programme to help him adjust to the wild . |
| 15 | He thought it quite possible that Pike had starved the horse to help it recover from its leg injury . |
| 16 | If you are having regression therapy to help you deal with a problem whose roots are buried in a previous existence , you may well need two or three sessions of actual regression before you hit upon the significant lifetime . |
| 17 | When they returned to the centre Rachel and Nina applied light dressings to the scalds , then took the two ladies into the rest-room and gave them sweet tea to help them recover from shock . |
| 18 | Use the check card to help you distinguish between pattern and background rows . |
| 19 | It does no harm to let them know of your interest while a course is in preparation . |
| 20 | He sent a lad after it to try to catch it and with disgust watched me limp towards him rubbing a bruised thigh . |
| 21 | First , the solid crystals deep beneath the waves ; the seal saw them shiver into water and become one with Ocean . |
| 22 | Dot felt herself freeze with fear as the swivel-eyed Lilian lurched towards her , arms outstretched , to try to remove her coat . |
| 23 | ‘ Rallying helps me forget about the possibility of losing the appeal . |
| 24 | Sonja helps me look after Marie , but mostly it 's me , cos Sonja 's pretty busy in the kitchen . |
| 25 | Alexander , the King 's son , who was at that time twelve years old , called out to his father : ‘ What an excellent horse do they lose for want of skill and courage to manage him ! ’ |
| 26 | Erm so erm th the cheapest er fuel at the moment is gas , you know , that 's , that 's why er a lot of the erm er er generators are now moving to towards gas er erm er generation er wh which is fine for as long as the gas exists but , you know , another , give it another ten fifteen years , and our North Sea gas will have gone you see so , so erm you have to ask well how much do you , weight do you put on market forces and how much in say , in the energy business , ought you to be thinking longer term ? |
| 27 | What sort of plough did you use for the competition ? |
| 28 | How much a week rent do you pay for ground ? |
| 29 | We think of the spoken language , the written language , what in practice do you mean by ‘ language ’ , is it an instruction you type on a keyboard , or what in terms of a computer ? |
| 30 | But to survive an arrow a mile from a road with a killer around to make sure I did n't make it … where in one 's mind did one search for the will to survive that ? |