Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 2 | The handbrake was extensively used to cope with icy conditions on what seemed to be never-ending hairpins and headlights in the distance changing direction constantly made us wonder whether the word insanity had taken on a new meaning [ going up and down snowy mountains in a 30-year-old car ] . |
| 3 | That was a very good card where did you find that one ? |
| 4 | The Chairman of the County Council has just got food poisoning Where did he pick it up ? |
| 5 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 6 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 7 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 8 | This posture always made me suspect him of having a horizontal cleft slicing through his buttocks , betokening a random — but adaptive — mutation , taking humans closer to being office furniture . |
| 9 | Because he is used to having to do this and this familiar act probably made him feel secure as it was something he did back home . |
| 10 | ’ Boy often made me think of that particular moment — it was the way he looked down . |
| 11 | Nana where did you get that ? |
| 12 | Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club . |
| 13 | I remember terrible arguments when shopping for shoes — I wanted to have fashion shoes ( high heels , pointed toes ) like my friends , but Mum always made me have sensible shoes . |
| 14 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 15 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |
| 16 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
| 17 | We got a very good reception there ; the professional lighting and sound really made us feel as though we were professional . |
| 18 | This last remark strangely made him brighten up , although he said nothing , |
| 19 | Er Teddy Roosevelt leads a charge of horses up hill , up hill , into the mouth of the Spanish guns smart guy , smart move how did he become president after doing something as fatuous as this ? |
| 20 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 21 | A dull sheen just on the curve of each shoe 's toe instantly made them look solid . |
| 22 | This kind of timidity always made me feel that he was incapable of any violence . |
| 23 | dick must of fell off did you have the answer right or not ? |
| 24 | The forest of the night always made him shiver — the association with nameless terrors peering at him through the jungle of a Rousseau painting on his childhood wall . |
| 25 | And having done so beautifully in the buildup how did he get it so wrong with the shot ? |
| 26 | Like a third take away a quarter how did you do it ? |
| 27 | Athelstan again made him repeat all they knew , though this time excluding Sir Thomas Springall 's murder . |
| 28 | Yes did n't buy any new ornaments when I was up in Liverpool cos I did n't see anything that I particularly liked but what Carla has done gives me an idea for making some extra bits for the tree Where did you get that from ? |
| 29 | Language might be able to illuminate higher ‘ things ’ , but an admission of its fictive role also made it suspect . |
| 30 | Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ? |