Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 2 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 3 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 4 | An authoritarian stance is taken to be evidence of the younger staffs lack of experience of the harsh realities of industrial and agricultural life which has denied them the appreciation of the ‘ insider ’ . |
| 5 | David Lloyd clubs , all 7 of them — and more to come — are building their reputation on quality of service , something which has allowed him the entrepreneurial satisfaction of seeing his company expand , when others around him are failing , victims of all the British recession . |
| 6 | The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " . |
| 7 | It is a handsome plant , one of the tallest of the umbelliferous herbs , with a strong distinctive , celery-like flavour which has earned it the name of the " Maggi " herb in Italy . |
| 8 | Heading up Wood Group engineering 's activities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is Bill Reid who has sent us the following report : . |
| 9 | Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service . |
| 10 | But it is a citizen of London who has left us the most elaborate rhapsody which survives from the central Middle Ages on any of the European cities of the day , and William FitzStephen 's glowing vision of the London in which his hero , archbishop Thomas Becket , was born , is a startling reminder that Londoners took fully as much pride in their city as did the Italians of their day — just as the fact that the citizens adopted Thomas Becket as their patron saint reminds us that he was martyred for showing excessive resistance to the king . |
| 11 | Richard Burton apart , you starred with many leading actors — who has impressed you the most ? |
| 12 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 13 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 14 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 15 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 16 | Did I say that she 's given me the diary ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , she 's given us the slip again , damn it . ’ |
| 18 | Now she 's got it the other way about |
| 19 | She 's found me the T.N.S. equipment and we 're just attaching it . |
| 20 | She 's bought them the where they it was like two pieces . |
| 21 | She 's shown us the label so we can recognize the packaged news story like it was a familiar soap powder . |
| 22 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 23 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 24 | ‘ He has given us the feeling that we could not have been better prepared , ’ said Hockley after her opening round . |
| 25 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 26 | Since he has offered her the role of Claudia Cohn-Casson , she has introduced him to journalists , script writers and directors . |
| 27 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 28 | West Indies , for their part , are simply playing their own game and , since it has made them the most powerful team in the world , can not see why they should deprive themselves of their trump cards just because other countries can not produce trump cards of their own . |
| 29 | But I would hope , I mean it has given me the the wish to go on living in a similar kind of situation . |
| 30 | Sarah , 27 , was attempting her first marathon , but admits it has given her the ‘ bug ’ . |