Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abruptness of the change made him shudder . |
| 2 | The clubs helped them recruit supporters . ’ |
| 3 | What strange quirk of the heart made me feel so much a part of the life of this place ? |
| 4 | I told him about our own lack of any real bomber force until the Germans made us build one . |
| 5 | The accent made it sound a strange new game . |
| 6 | The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye . |
| 7 | She had no idea how long she had been there when a movement in the undergrowth made her look up . |
| 8 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 9 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 10 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 11 | Another warning jab of the gun through the seatback made him start , and he dropped a couple of coins at his feet . |
| 12 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 13 | His cruel and callous comments about the murder made me shiver . |
| 14 | Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 . |
| 15 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 16 | A man 's voice from the doorway made her turn . |
| 17 | Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk ! |
| 18 | Watching from the window , Hilary grinned as she saw him hurry towards the driver , and only when he 'd climbed into the car did she move . |
| 19 | First , the solid crystals deep beneath the waves ; the seal saw them shiver into water and become one with Ocean . |
| 20 | The seal saw them shimmer and melt away until one day the penguin said to her : |
| 21 | Then he took the clipping down again because the photograph made her look thin . |
| 22 | The priest made us sit next to him on footstools ; he bent his red face towards us and whispered that we should become the angels of our homes and his . |
| 23 | The Archon saw them enter . |
| 24 | Lou Macari says … he ; s very annoyed about what happened at swindon.the people that ran the club let him doww … but it was up to him to get on with his football and he 's happy at Stoke having won a cup at wembley and promotion to the first division |
| 25 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 26 | Through the window the monster saw me destroy his woman . |
| 27 | The humiliation made me shudder . |
| 28 | Jesus , even the words made him shiver . |
| 29 | The snail 's pace of the boat made it seem like an endless expedition into the interior . |
| 30 | The cold made him gasp ; it nipped his cheeks . |