Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] the [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wants the legislation changed so that those people can get help . |
| 2 | She wants the sentences increased so it never happens again . |
| 3 | She wants the killer caught for their sake . |
| 4 | She wants the killer caught for their sake . |
| 5 | She has the dress made |
| 6 | To achieve this the nurse needs more than facts and skills ; she needs the capabilities represented by the higher levels of the learning hierarchy . |
| 7 | She says the dogs escaped and upset bins . |
| 8 | In fairness to the mother he should have directed that she be given notice of the foster mother 's application ; had he done so he would have learned — as we have learned from the mother 's statement which clearly should be admitted in evidence before us for this purpose at least — that if the matters to which she spoke were correct ( viz. the foster mother 's preventing her having access to and contact with the children , and allegations which she says the children made to her of their physical and emotional abuse by the foster mother and other members of her ‘ family ’ ) , then the mother 's wishes and feelings were not lightly to be ignored . |
| 9 | She remembers the costume provided by Mrs Ruth Pennyman , of Ormesby Hall , who , with her husband , Major Pennyman , was instrumental in arranging the camps . |
| 10 | Just when you thought it was safe to explore the inside of your owner 's washing machine , she slams the door shut and before you know it you 're hurtling through a 1200 spin cycle at 60 mph . |
| 11 | She addresses the tensions generated by two related dilemmas in feminist thinking , and points out why they have a wider relevance in philosophical and political thought . |
| 12 | She swears the man made it sound convincingly official , knew what to say . |
| 13 | Food is essential to human life because it supplies the energy required by living cells for maintenance , repair and activity . |
| 14 | He drinks the tea brought to us by the koko gravely , and makes exasperated noises . |
| 15 | It exhibits the dimensions shown : the axes have the ratio 5:4 ; the eccentricity is 3:5 ; OD + PD = m + n = 5 . |
| 16 | This is explained by A being ‘ dominant ’ to a : if an organism contains two genes , one dominant to the other , then it develops the character controlled by the dominant gene . |
| 17 | It illustrates the criteria adopted in preparing the catalogue and the difficulties encountered , explaining how fakes were identified , what discoveries were made and how the drawings were dated . |
| 18 | It illustrates the point made by Drebin et al. |
| 19 | He has the course finished |
| 20 | He has the assurance conveyed by a lifetime of being admired . |
| 21 | He is a man used to having his orders carried out , and there is no doubt that he has the toughness needed for cleaning out the bank . |
| 22 | Although the spill arose from the transport of crude oil rather than the operation of the island 's indigenous oil industry , it highlights the risks faced by communities in close contact with the oil business . |
| 23 | An existing one may be used provided it has the accounts detailed below available within it . |
| 24 | The rear foot is used because it has the forward thrust of the body behind it . |
| 25 | The egg needs to be extremely large because it contains the nourishment required to produce a most precocious chick . |
| 26 | To brings in a distinctive nuance however : it reinforces the idea expressed by suddenly . |
| 27 | Not so much Allen Ginsberg as Alien Ginsberg , he handles the reverence expected of poetry meetings like a man beating a rat . |
| 28 | As such it fills the hole labelled Common Transport Semantics . |
| 29 | The musts An idea does not get past first base unless it meets the musts contained within the problem specification . |
| 30 | Emerging at the Antarctic Divergence , it replaces the water lost to the two northward flowing currents . |