Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central position which the Communists occupied in these campaigns was a result of their international connections , which made them appear as the principal opponents of Fascism . |
| 2 | He made them sound like the Famous Five |
| 3 | He made them sound like the Famous Five . |
| 4 | The prevention of purprestures was his responsibility : he threw down houses , sheepfolds and other buildings and enclosures erected without licence in his bailiwick , and attached those who made them to appear at the next Forest Eyre . |
| 5 | Bonington was impressed with the Darc Star climbers when he met them training on the Scottish peaks last winter . |
| 6 | The anxiety of the Tsar and Tsarina to shield their haemophiliac son led them to withdraw into a narrow family circle , incurring the displeasure of members of high society . |
| 7 | This may be connected to the fact that the youngsters came bottom as far as hugs were concerned , as 57pc said their parents hugged them compared with a national average of 70pc . |
| 8 | When they were bulging-full , he stitched them closed with a curved needle and woollen thread and laid them ready in a pile . |
| 9 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 10 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 11 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 12 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 13 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 14 | SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT . |
| 15 | It made me feel like an old sock ! |
| 16 | They made me go through the whole thing three times , though I had hardly anything to tell them . |
| 17 | When it was over , she walked across to the television , switched it off , turned to look at Charlotte and said : ‘ They made me sound like an unfeeling bitch . ’ |
| 18 | Tommaso made me look like a mature man , an important man . |
| 19 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 20 | And erm it was ex ex it was great having Chris along because erm he went out and grabbed everybody in the street , pulled them in onto the stall and er and got them got them to sign on the dotted line so to speak . |
| 21 | To back-benchers who expressed alarm at VAT on domestic fuel , Mr Lamont and Mr Major simply invited them to step into the real world . |
| 22 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 23 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 24 | ‘ I found them wrapped in a brown-paper parcel with ‘ Dirty Books ’ scrawled on the outside with a purple pencil . ’ |
| 25 | Two external consultants helped them focus on the key issues . |
| 26 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 27 | I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was a psychological tonic which helped me to cope with a silent Parliament . |
| 29 | We did n't see him , but we had a superb seafood meal in a trattoria on a hill and found ourselves adopted by a shaggy island dog , another hazard of Mediterranean voyaging . |
| 30 | We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap . |