Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm the we are given or they h one of the reasons or the purposes behind Confirmation is to give us the strength to use the gifts which God 's al has already given us . |
| 2 | The simplest dynamical question that can be posed for curved space–time is to ask what the motion of a test body is in free fall , i.e. under gravitational forces alone . |
| 3 | One thing America has done for Lemmy is to afford him the chance to fulfil an ambition … |
| 4 | and it was as simple as that , it was only until that I got all the paperwork from Germany that the letters and one thing and another , but somebody in there said to them well you 're talking rubbish cos the girl 's telling you the truth |
| 5 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
| 6 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 7 | Joe Meek 's last big hit was Have I the Right by the Honeycombs . |
| 8 | It has also been made clear that where an unmet need is recorded which the department has a legal duty to provide , it could be used as the basis for a legal challenge , although it should still be recorded . |
| 9 | A meeting is held which the teacher attends in role as a railway engineer . |
| 10 | ‘ Your body 's giving me the right , ’ he said , blatantly dropping his gaze to her breasts . |
| 11 | What 's his name 's lending her the washing |
| 12 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 13 | The first and foremost step in planning a food facility is to establish what the facility is going to sell , and what type of function is required from the service facility . |
| 14 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 15 | Her father was reading her the story , a long time ago . |
| 16 | This usually means the firm is giving you the person who specializes in your type of work , and this is a good sign . |
| 17 | " Well , her young man 's given her the go-by , " Mrs. Butler said , " and she 's very upset about it . |
| 18 | The purpose of the rest of this book is to give you the information you need to compile the missing nutritional manual that will tell you what is just right for your body . |
| 19 | To buy a Stag just for its investment potential is to deny yourself the sort of al fresco luxury that most people can only dream about in a new car . |
| 20 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 21 | And I think one might go on to argue that far from saving labour it creates it — that its function is to give one the task of understanding it . |
| 22 | The only way to reach an informed decision is to understand what the menopause entails and exactly how HRT works . |
| 23 | Haywood High school is offering them the chance to attend weekly masterclasses , to stretch their minds that bit more . |
| 24 | In The weather is fine , for example , is would normally constitute the transition ( assuming the communicative purpose of the utterance is to state what the weather is like ) . |
| 25 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
| 26 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |
| 27 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |