Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calmer conditions limited the stunts one could perform ; but here at last was a totally Silent K(n)ite ! |
| 2 | Erm not up to visitors , ma erm , sh she has limited the times she 's visited because she 's got the children , and he 's just really not able to stand the children |
| 3 | We felt it was important that smokers limited the time they spend away from their desks . |
| 4 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 5 | One history teacher , more imaginative than the others , not content with facts and analyses , supplemented these by reading aloud lengthy passages from the diaries or memoirs of people who had witnessed the events we were studying . |
| 6 | Andrew pushed her away from him because by then he had realised the danger she posed . |
| 7 | Nkrumah must have realised the risk he was taking . |
| 8 | She had realised the moment he walked into the Customs office that Nathan Bryce was not a man to cross . |
| 9 | One feels that his ghost may now rest in peace , happy in the knowledge that this exceptional cliff has now fully realised the potential he first saw back in the mid 1950s . |
| 10 | Wilson , whose own competence left something to be desired but who had learned from experience , had already centralised the finances which he had accused branches of the old union of frittering away . |
| 11 | The Voice slipped the magnetic card into the slot of the public telephone , consulted the number he had been given by Taczek , and dialled . |
| 12 | His methods and his diligence were such that in less than six months he had completed the work which had been expected to take 2 to 3 years . |
| 13 | When you have completed the work you can claim the grant . |
| 14 | Possibly by the time PP has completed the list you will have grasped the subject ; you may even get it before word ten . |
| 15 | He had stopped the instant she retreated , halting in the middle of the room . |
| 16 | He had now stopped the drinking which led to the row . |
| 17 | But Molassi had stopped the vehicle himself . |
| 18 | ‘ You have received the Spirit which makes you sons , ’ exults the apostle Paul . |
| 19 | One Aberdeen correspondent , who received this , and who later realised that the children had n't received the letters she had sent them , felt very aggrieved . |
| 20 | For some reason the ‘ Poet-Public-Faith ’ article did not get used ; but meanwhile Collingwood , whose acquaintance I had made , had received the advancement he amply deserved , and I wanted to write in The Criterion about his first lecture as Professor . |
| 21 | It did in fact run out , and still Anselm had not received the pallium which would give him full authority as archbishop . |
| 22 | They are a model of administrative efficiency in making known the terms on which Henry had received the support which allowed him to be crowned . |
| 23 | Hughes is convinced that the North West , its tales of achievement drowned out by London 's much-trumpeted experiences , has not received the credit it deserves for its wartime resilience . |
| 24 | Within the field of Latin American art as a whole there are still many individual artists who have not received the attention they deserve because their work does not seem to fit into any larger pattern . |
| 25 | The role of bureaucracy in politics has been central to Marxist debates about the state in capitalist societies , though the details of bureaucratic structures and processes have not received the attention they deserve . |
| 26 | The concept of the DEA , conceived , according to legend , by Wilson and his deputy , George Brown , in the back of a taxi on the short journey between the St Ermin 's Hotel and the House of Commons ( a legend Wilson has demolished , though on that journey he did offer Brown the job of running the DEA ) had scarcely received the attention it deserved during Labour 's preparation for power . |
| 27 | She had no idea whether he had ever received the letter which she had felt obliged to write , telling him she was pregnant . |
| 28 | Three o'clock came , then four , and still Leith had n't received the summons she was starting to get really uptight about . |
| 29 | Even the Nobel prize winner for physiology and medicine , Sir Charles Sherrington , dedicated his prize-winning speech to Alexander 's work , but even to this day Alexander has not really received the recognition he so richly deserves . |
| 30 | The Northern Regional Health Authority said it has received the report it had requested from Dr Lawler and had now asked South Tees Health Authority to investigate . |