Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made them walk backwards and forwards , and then trot . |
| 2 | He made them sing softly and then to sing loudly — smoking a cigar and strolling up and down with his walking-cane he had everyone in the audience completely under his control . |
| 3 | What we do n't know is what they had in common that made them end up where they did . ’ |
| 4 | He hardly knew the people in his own house , only to exchange a casual greeting if he met them going out or coming in . |
| 5 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
| 6 | Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil . |
| 7 | So I was put in a total quandary when my partners asked me to go out and do just that , ’ she says . |
| 8 | He asked me to call again and this invitation may well have been genuine ; my acceptance was not . |
| 9 | ‘ Yer Mum asked me to call in and clear away the crocks and tek the chairs outside ready ter goo back ter the mission 'all . ’ |
| 10 | At their recent meeting the parish council asked me to find out whether the Ramblers ' Association is contemplating appealing against this decision . |
| 11 | ‘ He said you were bringing her some thirst quenchers , and he asked me to run down and collect them . |
| 12 | She asked me to come round and I told her about you not showing up . |
| 13 | My Director-General asked me to come along because I usually handle the lower-level liaison with Number 10 . |
| 14 | They asked me to come along and I thought I would because I thought children might respond more to me because they recognise me from television . |
| 15 | Finally he got so used to me calling that he asked me to come down and give them a hand fixing it up . |
| 16 | Afterwards , George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you . |
| 17 | It got me noticed here although I think the one-man show I did outside on my own was the real deciding factor with the RSC . |
| 18 | and er , anyway she got me walking out and she says er , see you when I come back , that was er about twenty past that was twenty past eleven was n't it ? |
| 19 | Money made me gu out an rob |
| 20 | Moustaine made me stand up and slapped me across the eyes with his leather gloves . |
| 21 | Cos mum made me laugh tonight but she came in and she said oh you can have a hot cross bun there , I said well I think I 'll have a piece of chocolate cake and she said alright then ! |
| 22 | Julian really made me laugh though cos I he was just fine was n't he ? |
| 23 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 24 | This made me study harder than ever . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The Ukrainian Peel sessions actually made me sit up and take notice . |
| 26 | It made me sit down and think , ‘ I do n't give a damn what they 're saying . |
| 27 | And when the babies were both a ripe four-plus , and she did indeed go off to Peking and left them with me , the ensuing fun made me wonder sometimes whether I was their father , which is no question to put , since the answer should be proffered , I suppose . |
| 28 | She had a fistful of tiny flowers , and made me wait patiently while she described them all , making up her own names when she forgot or had never learned the real ones . |
| 29 | They made me learn almost before I could walk . ’ |
| 30 | If they started to cause trouble , we just asked them to move on and they appreciated it . |