Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having recovered the sail , we made them bleed the line . |
| 2 | This made them hold the glider down and often caused overspeeding or even overrunning of the cable or parachute . |
| 3 | My soldiers were guarding the master copies of the very instructions that made them do the guarding . |
| 4 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 5 | So the challenging headline " our creams and lotions are all used up " made them read the rest of the copy . |
| 6 | In fact we expected them to solve the problem for us . |
| 7 | The growing materialism of the age led them to envisage the hereafter as the eternal ‘ Now ’ , and depict survival in terms of the senses . |
| 8 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 9 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 10 | Like legislators , doctors set themselves up as women 's protectors and the preoccupation with women 's reproductive systems as the source of their illness and weakness led them to assume the role of moral guardian . |
| 11 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 12 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 13 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 14 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 15 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 16 | One mother held up an emaciated child , and in sign language asked me to vaccinate the baby . |
| 17 | At all events , when I mentioned it to Heather , she asked me to repeat the name of the restaurant . |
| 18 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 19 | If you remember , yesterday afternoon , after the funeral , Francis asked me to lock the studio and bring him the key . |
| 20 | But I was glad we could n't because they asked me to read the lesson . |
| 21 | I undressed her in her South Kensington hotel room and fucked her , only retreating to the safety of the street outside when she asked me to stay the night so that she could pretend to be my mother . |
| 22 | The Member for Ogmore also asked me to consider the question of enforcement . |
| 23 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 24 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 25 | I remember the elocution teacher was very keen on the modern plays that were being published then — and I know we worked on Pinter which actually led me to use the part of Mick in The Caretaker for my subsequent auditions in England for a place in drama school . |
| 26 | In my opinion in Ex parte Agegate Ltd. , the fact that the residence requirement was applicable to British citizens and nationals of other member states alike was the main element in the reasoning which led me to take the view , unlike the court , that that requirement was compatible with Community law : see para. 57 . |
| 27 | It is against this background that I approached the construction and which led me to prefer the interpretation which bases the assessment to tax upon the actual cost to the employer rather than the hypothetical cost arrived at by dividing the number of pupils into the total cost of providing full facilities . |
| 28 | Crossing in Force 9 winds led me to lament the absence of a grab-rail in the shower . |
| 29 | She made me sign the paper . ’ |
| 30 | The woman said : ‘ A policeman made me move the car . |