Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were situated in positions which made them visible from the pests on each side . |
| 2 | They were actuated by entirely unselfish motives and their training in trade union work made them invaluable in the most important work — picketing at the entrances to the docks " . |
| 3 | This is what made them anxious about the attitudes of powerful men in their societies — rulers , great magnates — towards the churches of which they considered themselves the lords . |
| 4 | The birthright of the Shepherds made them immune from the laws that governed others . |
| 5 | Both campaigns struggled , I believe that this was what made them different from the rest of the fleet . |
| 6 | Early Han overian governments could be viciously repressive , especially in Scotland after the Forty-Five , but their very unpopularity made them careful about the way they treated English grievances . |
| 7 | You did n't run — that only made them eager for the chase . |
| 8 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 9 | The international action made me aware of the necessity for international co-operation in the fight for the fundamental rights of man and reassured me that human compassion is still alive in this world . |
| 10 | The Moghul tombs , the Red Fort , the towering minarets of the Jami Masjid , made me aware for the first time of the significance of civilization , and the meaning of history . |
| 11 | I tried to become one with nature on the games-field , which made me unpopular with the enthusiastic cricketers . |
| 12 | ‘ Every time I got them involved with the story , ’ Hopper explained , ‘ I 'd come back at them and say , ‘ Ha , ha , it 's only a movie … ’ ’ |
| 13 | I usually keep him in when I wash his clothes and I got them special for the cold weather so he should be all right . |
| 14 | But Kathleen Mary Butterfield lured him away with a bounce of her fat orange curls , and I found them roly-polying down the hill together behind the shrubbery . |
| 15 | Then further on you found them high in the trees where the water had swept them . |
| 16 | The CD and cassette versions of the single contained five tracks and Gallup deemed them ineligible for the singles charts . |
| 17 | As he began to shout his reply , he only managed the words , ‘ Bloody tacky , ’ when , at the sound of his raised voice close to her ear , Daisy swung her head towards him and caught him full in the chest with her nose . |
| 18 | Her spittle caught him full in the face , caught him offguard . |
| 19 | It caught him full in the middle of his back , throwing him into the air before he crashed down on the cobbles . |
| 20 | Kenneth Andrew Sanderson , of Wallace Avenue , Huyton , was sentenced in January 1991 after a Southampton Crown Court jury found him guilty of the two robberies for each of which he received seven years , concurrent ; he got six months concurrent for an admitted burglary . |
| 21 | They found him naked in the morning , |
| 22 | Some of us worried and went looking for him , then one of Alf Wood 's sons found him dead in the old pw hut , we think he died of a heart attack or so the doctor said . |
| 23 | The residential workers found him evasive in the account he gave of his actions and feelings . |
| 24 | Yeremi snatched it clear of the firing handle . |
| 25 | That 's right , made a cup of coffee and that and then , he was , just came back and she said you have n't finished , he said yes , she said I did n't hear you knocking , oh no he said , well I built it all , you know , it 's all ready made and I built it ready for the bolts and , oh I thought you would of been knocking , I 've got some knocking here you know |
| 26 | Churchill was prime minister , and though he found it politic in the face of American and Labour pressure to allow negotiations about India 's constitutional future to go on , at the same time he ensured that all such negotiations came to nought . |
| 27 | In Abbel Mr Justice found it appropriate for the plaintiff quote , to recompense his parents up to the commercial rate for one full time carer , unquote . |
| 28 | The 44 has a 1/4in shank , and I found it perfect for the aggressive work I was attempting . |
| 29 | They ignored me safe in the open field where the old ridge and furrow strips and the flatter headlands where the plough was turned were clearly silhouetted by the sun . |
| 30 | Angrily she tore her hand away from Rune 's clasp and slammed it palm-down on the table . |