Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sometimes I took speed — ‘ blues ’ , little blue tablets — to keep me awake , but they made me depressed , they made my testicles shrivel up and I kept thinking I was getting a heart attack . |
| 32 | They made me welcome and gave up their time to talk freely and openly about everything that had happened to them . |
| 33 | I would n't care if they made me dazed |
| 34 | I stood there , I could n't say anything , he made me furious , they made me furious and anyhow I was ten times more embarrassed than furious . |
| 35 | But tutors were so impressed with the two girls ' work in textiles that they made them unconditional offers . |
| 36 | They made him redundant . |
| 37 | They made him selfconscious and he wanted a new set . |
| 38 | They had declared at his accession , they had repeated often since , that they desired him to reign upon the selfsame terms as his predecessors ; and yet they made him aware , whenever it was needful to ask for a grant of money , that in fact he stood upon ground subtly changed , and must ask as a favour what had been Richard 's unquestioned right . |
| 39 | Milton ward Tories were so impressed by his la-de-da-accent and gold-plated walking stick that they made him social secretary . |
| 40 | There were so many , moving so fast , that they made him dizzy . |
| 41 | ‘ They made it official just a couple of days ago . ’ |
| 42 | I know , but it 's too dear , I looked at that and thought it would be nice to have your name on a brick , but to me twenty pound , if they made it cheaper more people would buy it would n't they ? , what building is it ? |
| 43 | Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford |
| 44 | our rugby action this week comes from the divisional championships … the South West are on course to win these because on Saturday at Gloucester they made it two wins out of two … this time out they beat the North by 29 points to 16 |
| 45 | Rovers were bubbling and they made it two on 15 minutes . |
| 46 | They made it respectable to talk about it by linking grants with the proper adoption of equal opportunity policies . |
| 47 | they made it useful again . |
| 48 | Your mind became numbed to everything about human beings except that they pressed close around you all the time , that they slept above or below you , that you could never turn your head without seeing some evidence of their closeness — their clothes or their books or their photographs — that they made it impossible for you ever to be alone . |
| 49 | They made it impossible for me to stay . |
| 50 | They made it worse ’ |
| 51 | In go the Pyramids , Atlantis , the Holy Grail , the Knights Templar , the Freemasons , Napoleon , the Paris Metro map , Hitler , Ayers Rock and , unfortunately , much more besides ; out comes a dread secret to do with control of the ‘ telluric currents ’ which cause earthquakes or continental drift or something ; not that it much matters , since they made it all up . |
| 52 | ‘ They made it all up , ’ said Thresher 's Jayne Bridges . |
| 53 | They made it clear to all their colleagues who took part in that operation , and to the Press and observers at the briefing , that they will be supporting the community today , tomorrow and thereafter . |
| 54 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 55 | They agreed , although they made it clear that they were not prepared to involve William or Harry in the exercise . |
| 56 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 57 | Whereas they made it clear to his wife that they would never forsake her , they also made it clear to Tawell that he would never be accepted . |
| 58 | So , while they would never encourage my sisters to leave , they made it clear that my time had come . |
| 59 | They made it clear he was a liability who had to go . |
| 60 | They made it clear the only way we 'd get out alive was by going on stage . ’ |