Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 2 | they sent me erm or sent me a load a load of material with it . |
| 3 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 4 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 5 | Though sometimes , the gentlemen chucked her beneath the chin absently , or gave her a sixpence , and one , even , pushed her for a whole quarter-hour on the swing . |
| 6 | Sarah had produced a child by another man , and that made her a loose woman . |
| 7 | But it was Susannah 's passionate appeal to the girls to support her party because she believes the Liberal Democrats care about the homeless that made her the winner . |
| 8 | It was this certainty that made her the leader . |
| 9 | Anyway , that made me a scarlet woman . ’ |
| 10 | The thing that made me a little envious was this girl — she 's his assistant on this particular film — ringing up , and there was a slight chance they would be going to Switzerland that day , and suddenly I was in there again and I thought how exciting it all was and how nice it would be to go off filming again . |
| 11 | The Aldershot method because er it it sort of explained to me the most effect way of getting across whatever you want to say so that made me a feel a bit happier about that . |
| 12 | He employed the wry , self-deprecation that made him a refreshing presence on the campaign trail . |
| 13 | The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform . |
| 14 | Peter Powell 's adventures with kites had already put him into the headlines when he ‘ flew ’ his grandmother , long before he perfected the diamond-shaped stunter that made him a worldwide name from 1974 . |
| 15 | There have been many doubts that Gazza could n't make a come-back at club level or even contemplate straddling the international scene again with the outrageous talent that made him a folk hero . |
| 16 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 17 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 18 | If , however , Shakespeare did actually exist , then he must have possessed certain attributes that made him the kind of existent he was , even though no attributes that he may have had would have been sufficient to individuate him in a metaphysical sense . |
| 19 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |
| 20 | Harry felt in his blood with what calming delight and fulfilment his enemy would embrace the lie that made him the victor . |
| 21 | It was that experience , allied to his next job as arts minister , that made him an obvious choice to become Major 's first Heritage Secretary . |
| 22 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 23 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 24 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 25 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 26 | AND ALL THAT made it a busy year for Autocar & Motor . |
| 27 | It is necessary to examine the idea of coalitionism and the political forces that made it a powerful alternative before considering its direct impact on the Unionist party . |
| 28 | The fact that a scheme could be contrived that made it a working possibility for the majority of the disabled to acquire a motor car of their choice and to finance the purchase , including insurance and repair , from the allowance , was a staggering revelation to economists and particularly to the socialists of the time who regarded private enterprise as the kiss of death . |
| 29 | She said please in a way that made it a special request of her own . |
| 30 | But she loved him , and that made it a bargain — and he did n't even deserve to be loved . |