Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [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 | Dennis Hopper was even more determined than Fonda to make it work . |
| 5 | He would not race hard — no more than Lauda did he wish to risk his life — but he would race . |
| 6 | ‘ You got that sort of money ? ’ he said , ‘ even if Bert lets it go , he will want a pretty penny for it . |
| 7 | ( The user presses Y or N ) If N Do you want to search for a book title ? |
| 8 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 9 | mm , oh unless Kathy did she say he thought |
| 10 | Wishart was waiting for him , sitting behind his long , polished table almost as if he had not moved since Corbett saw him last . |
| 11 | While Mary did her dance practice her husband Ian joined us with other families on some of the excursions . |
| 12 | McVeighty gambled on going the complete four laps on one tankful of petrol , while Bell made one pit stop . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | She had a nice car before Chris made her have that more or less . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At the end of the day , however , Celtic just about deserved their triumph , though Dundee made them fight every inch of the way . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction . |
| 19 | Menzies the old bon vivant had not a fraction of Atholl 's strength , he would not dare to turn them away , and if he did they would go in there with sticks and clubs and — As Cameron felt his anger rising , he swallowed it , took up his own cherrywood stick from the corner , and went hack outside . |
| 20 | ‘ I could have got him when Liverpool let him go but I said balls to him . |
| 21 | If so who came on as sub when Jones did his shoulder in ? |
| 22 | As soon as McMahon helped them solve that ( his computations backed the coach , who said the track should be banked as high as his belt buckle at the outside of the turn ) , they called him back with another question : how springy should they make the track ? |
| 23 | When Fagin saw them enter , he rose to his feet . |
| 24 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 25 | After struggling with one of Ruth 's imaginative scenes , I was so relieved when Basil let me attempt to paint a spray of wheat and barley stalks that I almost began to enjoy myself when he made some encouraging remark about my very tentative effort ! |
| 26 | As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain . |