Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 2 | There was every possible opportunity and we discussed it ; he was keen but not importunate , which naturally made me love him more and be more inclined to give him what he was so sweetly not insisting on , but something held me back . |
| 3 | It made me control my own rage , but , like you , I kept the information to myself . ’ |
| 4 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's so sad because he 's so quick , so experienced and he is the guy who made me raise my own game to come out of the blocks ahead of him . ’ |
| 6 | Made me remember her excited over textbooks |
| 7 | I sat in the back with Rayleen ( could n't you have guessed ? ) and she made me put my right hand in her lap while she ran her fingertips over most of the rest of my body looking for other injuries . |
| 8 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 9 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 10 | As already suggested , it was paid participation in war which saved a large number of the nobility and , in certain cases , helped them improve their social status . |
| 11 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 12 | The guy let him carry his own case and led him through into the concourse where the English driver from the Embassy pool was waiting . |
| 13 | You could give him a book token let him do his own . |
| 14 | She wanted to see him in loons ; she let him buy her those boots . |
| 15 | Every nerve filled with tingling life , she let him teach her new sensations , new feelings , totally passive under his expert touch , until she too began to know the need to feel his skin under her fingers . |
| 16 | It helped him find his long-lost daughter . |
| 17 | — An ex-soldier believes his work with the OU helped him get his present job as a computing lecturer at Darlington College of Technology . |
| 18 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 19 | Suddenly , apropos of nothing , he asked , ‘ What made you decide your latest engagement was a mistake ? ’ |
| 20 | I thought instantly that there was something pathetic and obscene about his thick burgundy suit , which made you wonder what other kinds of outfit or uniform he 'd like to dress up in . |
| 21 | The creak of a pump-handle and the answering gush of water made him feel his own thirst and taste his tongue 's rancid dryness . |
| 22 | He looked into Rincewind 's mask of sheer terror , which made him redouble his own grip on the stones . |
| 23 | A sudden rush of emotions — jealousy and envy , mingled with satisfaction at observing them unbeknown — made him forget his uncomfortable situation for a moment . |
| 24 | His lips were only inches from hers when Rosa 's tap at the door made him lift his dark head . |
| 25 | The same kind of inertia had held him prisoner a few seconds before , but common sense made him brush his nonsensical thoughts aside . |
| 26 | No I took the sheets off , I made him put his own sheets on . |
| 27 | I watched you progress slowly to being able to point out words letter by letter on an alphabet board so we could communicate ; I heard you gradually learn to speak again ; and I saw you take your first steps , shaky as they were . |
| 28 | She felt him draw her closer up against his body — and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her . |
| 29 | She saw him fold his long body into a crack between two rocks that jutted like teeth along the ridge . |
| 30 | Adam stirred suddenly beside Ruth ; she saw him lift his white face . |