Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she has decided to give herself a year to change . |
| 2 | Even as the clamour grows for Mansell to reverse his decision to quit , the public hero has decided to give it a go in America . |
| 3 | Yes did n't buy any new ornaments when I was up in Liverpool cos I did n't see anything that I particularly liked but what Carla has done gives me an idea for making some extra bits for the tree Where did you get that from ? |
| 4 | It has a university and technical colleges , and its large student population has helped to give it a reputation as a trouble-spot Muslim fundamentalist groups are very active in Asyut , and the Coptic population is large . |
| 5 | This has helped make it a big importer of garbage . |
| 6 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the welcome opportunity to see the work of this distinguished artist , I was left with the depressing realisation that when one compares the contribution of the women artists with that of the men one sees that the women artist has had to deny herself the luxury of exploring and depicting those ‘ strange developments ’ that exploit humour as well as horror , and which ultimately liberate artist and viewer alike . |
| 8 | Col. Savill has offered to give us a slide show |
| 9 | Recent research has attempted to show what the European public think about biotechnology , to identify correlations with resistance to other forms of technology , an d to attempt to quantify the support . |
| 10 | ‘ He has gone to find you a room , ’ said the Feldwebel , sitting down in front of the fire and stretching his legs . |
| 11 | ‘ Something has happened to cause her a great deal of distress . |
| 12 | With the aid of the surgeon 's skills , she has tried to make herself a mixture of the great beauties through the ages . |
| 13 | Sarah Jacobs has tried to build herself a life , saving for four years to buy furniture and applying for training courses . |
| 14 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 15 | John Stanley 's extemporizations on the organ of Temple Church in London were attended by Handel , and yet the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries has failed to gain him the reputation that he should enjoy today . |
| 16 | In the meantime however , it has managed to recruit itself a vice president of marketing : Arum Taneja , who had been Vicom president , worldwide marketing for Convergent Technology Corp and a career that included Sun Microsystems Inc , Data General Corp and IBM Canada . |
| 17 | During the past four years , and it really has only been with us for that long , desktop publishing has managed to get itself a fairly bad name among the professional graphics community . |
| 18 | Conference Group has chosen to call itself the West Belfast Economic Forum . |
| 19 | Faced with more than a thousand scientific papers , the author has chosen to give us the highlights : the measurement of the precise position of the source 3C273 by lunar occultation , which led to the discovery of the quasars ; the fine work on mapping the southern sky ; the detection of the presence of interstellar molecules ; and the search for pulsars . |
| 20 | At least he 'd stopped calling her an English pig . |
| 21 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 22 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 23 | In navy rope-soled canvas espadrilles , a white cricket hat and a yellow swimsuit under the shirt , she 'd felt equipped to face whatever the day might bring . |
| 24 | He 'd avoided giving her a direct answer when she 'd tried to ask him about his friendship with the actress , but it was obvious that there was a very real chemistry between them . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd had spun her a fanny . ’ |
| 26 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 27 | If she 'd hoped to unnerve her the way she did Letty then she was wrong . |
| 28 | The first couple of times she 'd arrived at a rendezvous and then lost her nerve , backing out before anyone could approach her ; but then she 'd tried getting herself a little drunk beforehand , and from then on the doors were flung open and she was away . |
| 29 | And with Forest still at the bottom of the Premier League , Clough insisted : ‘ If I 'd waited to offer him the contract after Saturday he may have blown it . |
| 30 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |