Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the comm-screen exposes faces in the harshest detail , and for an instant I saw something move at the back of his wet old eyes , like a creature threshing in a net . |
| 2 | When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ? |
| 3 | Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority |
| 4 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 5 | From the comments of Jimmy Armfield ( what does he know about football I hear you ask ) Deane looked completly out of place and completly uninterested . |
| 6 | Once , when he was the centre of attention at the youth club I saw him do it again . |
| 7 | When Dad had eaten his tea I heard him ask Mum if she 'd kept the payments up on the insurance policy . |
| 8 | Oh yes , yes , yes but erm on the radio prog programme I heard someone say there was every street corner these women but they were n't , I do n't think there was , I think it was you know , there were a lot of women that used to do it illegal . |
| 9 | We were bunched together in the semi-final of the 1976 Olympic 1500m in Montreal and as we went for the same small gap I felt his spike again my shin . |
| 10 | It was perhaps the small electric heater in my bedroom which made him say that . |
| 11 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 12 | They assume a jurisdiction to declare whether a marriage has taken place or not , whether there is any impediment which makes it void or voidable . |
| 13 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 14 | Rick James and Alison Gower also recorded a win in the 6–2 result which sees them clear of the relegation zone . |
| 15 | ‘ When you body starts to heal , they ca n't breathe , so they release a chemical which makes you itch ; when you scratch , it takes the scab off the wound so they can breathe again . |
| 16 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 17 | There was a sort of noisy anonymity about the rattling carriage which made him feel safe . |
| 18 | Thames Water has a code of practice which lets you know what we will do for you . |
| 19 | An operator is a process or action which makes one step . |
| 20 | These more strident attitudes expressed in properly speaking ethical statements are ways of being in favour of or against types of behaviour with a degree of force which makes us wish disfavoured actions discouraged by some kind of social sanction . |
| 21 | ‘ They do n't have a lot left over for themselves and they see smoking as an affordable luxury which helps them cope . ’ |
| 22 | His face , to be sure , is not built for mirth : framed by luxuriant , shoulder-length black hair , his chubbyish cheeks curve round into a pinched mouth which makes him resemble Roshan Seth , the Indian actor who played the hero 's vodka-sodden father in My Beautiful Laundrette . |
| 23 | Such a nuisance it is because it 's a condition which makes you tire more easily , leaving you short of energy and breath . |
| 24 | She was standing on the drive , reaching the end of a discussion about a kitchen order with Leif , and as Vitor climbed from the car she felt herself grow tense . |
| 25 | As she went towards her car she heard him call , ‘ I 'll look out for you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ In charge of ’ can be proved by the police officer or other witness who saw him near or sat in the vehicle for example . |
| 27 | If both prisoners stay mum , the police have a witness who saw them co-operate on a lesser crime , one that would put them both behind bars for two years . |
| 28 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 29 | It 's the humiliation they make you feel . |
| 30 | When you said you came from good tough stock it made me shiver a bit . |