Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 2 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 3 | But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception . |
| 4 | Often he made them criticize each other 's work . |
| 5 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 6 | Twenty-four black militant organisations were subjected to ‘ tax surveillance ’ as part of International Revenue Service ( IRS ) harassment , and FBI agents placed bogus documents into the hands of Panther members which led them to suspect each other of being police informants ( McAdam and Moore , 1989:281 ) . |
| 7 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 8 | It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads . |
| 9 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 10 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 12 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 13 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 14 | ‘ Details , of course , will take time and come later , but that 's my general philosophy ; that 's what you would get if you asked me to complete this job for you . ’ |
| 15 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The pleasure of being top , and nothing else , except the interest of my father , made me do such homework as I did in the evenings … . |
| 17 | His shaking hands with me made me feel half hero , half saint . |
| 18 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 19 | Thanks once again for a charming picture — it made me smile all day . |
| 20 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 21 | In fact since Mr Brown made his remarks some parents have rang me to lend their support . ’ |
| 22 | I realised I wanted another guitar player . |
| 23 | So the A fifty nine well let me put it let me put another question , does the A sixty one serve a similar function to the A fifty nine ? |
| 24 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
| 25 | It helped me do all sorts of things I would n't have done otherwise . ’ |
| 26 | Sister Susan McGuiness F.C.J. Sister Madeleine F.C.J. and Bishop Kevin O'Brien all helped me to answer this question . |
| 27 | I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle . |
| 28 | I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle . |
| 29 | She said she 'd like to walk round the garden while Mrs Hope helped me to get some clothes on . ’ |
| 30 | However , a more careful analysis of methods of work and recreation in the Easter vac helped me to overcome these problems and be more in charge of myself , rather than being tossed about at random . |