Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] read the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some of the same satirical zest is evident in The Bed Sitting Room ( 1969 ) , Lester 's chronicle of a post-holocaust world where a stunned Ralph Richardson imagines he is turning into a bedsitter and a doctor tries to keep the old traditions alive by having someone read the BBC News , and the film shows evidence of a superabundant imagination , the narrative is too unfocused for the satirical barbs to hit home , and the result is often tedious to watch . |
| 2 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 3 | This letter from Mactavish reveals the assumption made in 1926 that it was the WEA 's exclusive duty and responsibility to provide working class education , but had he read the 1926 UEMCC report more searchingly he would have realised that the universities ' role was not merely advisory but intended to promote the development of liberal adult education independently of other providers . |
| 4 | If asked ‘ Have you read the book ? ’ , answer ‘ Yes , but not personally ’ . |
| 5 | Now that this book is so readily available one suggests as a required first question in any PhD oral in astronomy , ‘ Have you read The Realm of th1 Nebulae ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Have you read the full text of my speech in Moscow ? ’ asked Scargill . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you read the book ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Have you read the latest Antonia Byatt ? /been to Rajastan ? ’ or , as someone recently asked me , ‘ Do you think Jasper Conran is the new Yves St Laurent ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Have you read the paper ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | Have you read the international declaration of human rights ? |
| 11 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 12 | Have you read the new book ? ’ |
| 13 | Have you read the literature ? |
| 14 | At the same moment he queried , ‘ Have you read the latest diary ? ’ |
| 15 | Have they read the white paper ? |
| 16 | I realised from your earlier letter that you might not in fact have yourself read the DNB article on , so I enclose a xerox . |