Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay . |
| 2 | I liked that picture so Marie let me cut it out and stick it on the wall . |
| 3 | ‘ Once Stalin made me dance the Gopak , squat down on my haunches and kick out my heels , ’ writes Khrushchev , an image hard to call up in view of his shape , but — ‘ When Stalin says ‘ Dance ’ , a wise man dances , ’ added the peasant proverb-spinner in his accustomed vein . |
| 4 | In other words , erm , whateve the R is greater than C. Do you remember our , our formula for penaltriate benefit of an altruistic act exceeds the cost discounted by the degree of that 's between a half normally . |
| 5 | Dennis Hopper was even more determined than Fonda to make it work . |
| 6 | He would not race hard — no more than Lauda did he wish to risk his life — but he would race . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | ‘ You got that sort of money ? ’ he said , ‘ even if Bert lets it go , he will want a pretty penny for it . |
| 9 | ( 1.7 ) unc The final IF law lets us deal with IF constructs which are nested as processes rather than as conditionals . |
| 10 | ( The user presses Y or N ) If N Do you want to search for a book title ? |
| 11 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 12 | If people hear you come from Blackbird Leys you get condemned for it . |
| 13 | I know it 's a different subject like this is drugs and the other thing is smoking but like it 's still the same if people see you do it people take things off you . |
| 14 | If sun-bathing makes you feel good , it 's got more to do with the fact that you feel you look good , and that you 've allowed yourself to unwind . |
| 15 | If pupils feel they want to smoke there they 'll have to stick to the bikesheds . |
| 16 | mm , oh unless Kathy did she say he thought |
| 17 | And in fact they never made it to the man 's house in the country that night , because Boy made him stop the car twice more . |
| 18 | We had assumed that their affair would in some way be a violent one , because O was known to be violent , and because Boy made you feel strange when he gave himself away to you , a strangeness , and a feeling that you always wanted more , that often came out as violence . |
| 19 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 20 | Comedian Michael Bentine recounted that he had asked a sensitive why some parts of the chalk countryside around Folkestone , where he lived , gave him a great feeling of security and peace while others made him feel uncomfortable and nervous . |
| 21 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd guessed Donna had a twin sister — somewhere — and I — oh , I know this sounds silly , but I 've been thinking about it , ever since the transplant was mentioned , before Juliet made me realise who she ws . |
| 23 | Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror . |
| 24 | She had a nice car before Chris made her have that more or less . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I am , however , inclined to believe that the authentic Hecataeus could not have stated , as Josephus makes him state , that Alexander gave the Samaritan territory free of tax to the Jews . |
| 27 | At the end of the day , however , Celtic just about deserved their triumph , though Dundee made them fight every inch of the way . |
| 28 | It will be picked off when fear makes it try to flee . |
| 29 | He killed the most famous , Kok Fitzabraham , with his own hands and was less than pleased when Montfort made him share part of the spoils . |
| 30 | The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction . |