Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It entertained me watching you try . |
| 2 | ‘ She virtually kidnapped me to bring me here , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Anyway , as I was saying before Adam interrupted me see I fancy Adam , he 's really nice . |
| 4 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 5 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 6 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 7 | Clare Short , Labour MP for Ladywood , who raised the issue in the Commons in January , said : ‘ I think the West Midlands Police were trying to brush the matter under the carpet and it was only pressure from MPs and the media that made them do anything . ’ |
| 8 | They say that the flabby reaction to the Gulf War ( and the lack of reaction to their vague anti-Gulf War B-side ‘ Riding On Through ’ ) made them realise they needed to be more specific . |
| 9 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 10 | The thought that they might already be pursued made them hasten their pace . |
| 11 | I 'm wondering what made them change their mind over the er knock through into the garage . |
| 12 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 13 | And Doña Ximena and her daughters stood trembling , like women who had never seen such things before : and when the Cid saw it he made them seat themselves , so as no longer to behold it . |
| 14 | I saw this programme , about girls of fifteen who had had abortions , and they said the nurses made them feel they should n't be having abortions , they should keep the baby . |
| 15 | She made them feel they mattered more than anything else that was going on around . |
| 16 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 17 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 18 | Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign , featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles , made them feel they should do more about car security , he told a London conference . |
| 19 | I made them show me their identification … |
| 20 | She loved the way you teased the crowds , made them laugh , made them love you . |
| 21 | You made them did you ? |
| 22 | He made them put it in the garden shed . ’ |
| 23 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 24 | And when they were all assembled , he went out unto them , to a place which was made ready with carpets and with mats , and he made them take their seats before him full honourably , and began to speak unto them , saying , I am a man who have never possessed a kingdom , neither I nor any man of my lineage . |
| 25 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 26 | ‘ Made them sell themselves . |
| 27 | That unsettled them all and made them wonder who would be the next to go . |
| 28 | Belief made them see it . |
| 29 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 30 | ‘ Drawing 1-1 up there with a team of kids when you 've been spanked 5-0 four days earlier made them believe they could finish the job at home . ’ |