Example sentences of "[vb past] them [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 2 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 3 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 4 | It was an odd shade of reddish gold and , coupled with their tanned complexions and slanted eyes , made them look like young eagles . |
| 5 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 6 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 7 | The Victorians , of course , for all their virtues , had an edge of prudery which made them condemn in public that which they were busy practising in private . |
| 8 | Coarse Angling team saw them finish in fourth place , just 10 points away from a medal position , in the World Freshwater Angling Championships . |
| 9 | She saw them glance at each other and exchange a conspiratorial arching of the eyebrows , compounded in Miller 's case by the faintest of nods . |
| 10 | Kāli stood outside and shouted , ‘ Hiu āgo ! ’ and , tilting her head back , mouth open wide , watched the flakes fall about her and felt them melt like icy duck-down on the warmth of her outstretched tongue . |