Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young Jack thought he was hard , thought that having a few blondes and getting a few legs broken made you a man , but underneath it all he was soft , a little boy . |
| 2 | The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by . |
| 3 | Visitors to Buckingham are hard pressed to guess what the gothic style building in the town 's centre once was . |
| 4 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 5 | You need to know either the landlord or the tenant and , more important , he needs to know you before he can be expected to grant you the right to work on his land . |
| 6 | I think events proved that she had come to know me a little better , and talked to me , and tried to find out what I was planning and what I was doing , and how David 's career was going , and co-operated with me to assist David , I think he would have had a much happier period ahead of him . ’ |
| 7 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 8 | Her work on the project is strongly tipped to win her a place among the nine finalists of the competition , whose work will be developed at at National Theatre workshops involving members and patrons in July . |
| 9 | He did not loiter to catch her although his apparently wayward path could seem designed to cross hers every now and then . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , good morning , I 've come to give you a driving lesson . |
| 11 | This outline specification is included to give you a summary of this new award . |
| 12 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 13 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 14 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 15 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 16 | It 's a short course , developed on scientific principles , designed to give you a basic grounding in the vocabulary , usage and pronunciation of Japlish . |
| 17 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 18 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |
| 19 | These changes , and those arising from the Act , are designed to give you a more efficient and an even better service — above all , a service that puts you , the patient , first . |
| 20 | The course is designed to give you a grasp of the basic rules and how to apply them through the means of classroom teaching , practical activities , brainstormers , puzzles and the use of the microcomputer . |
| 21 | The Valor Revue is designed to give you the features you need for perfect results in the kitchen . |
| 22 | All the holidays in this brochure are specially designed to give you the chance to see Italy as we see it , to experience the truly unique character , the natural beauty and the very varied flavours found throughout our country . |
| 23 | Although you may be perfectly entitled to take others to task and even issue a number of ultimatums , you ought to be more concerned with plans designed to give you the kind of personal or professional recognition you seek and deserve . |
| 24 | Exercise 11.5 is designed to give you an idea of how this might work . |
| 25 | The R.S. he had had so proudly stamped on the front was fading now , and the leather strap had almost worn through , so lately I had been carrying the satchel under my arm : Tata would never have considered buying me a new one while the . |
| 26 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 27 | But it does , by this convention , proclaim itself to be a book of a special kind , one designed to proclaim what the faithful believe about Christ , not necessarily a book which is straight narrative history in the modern mode . |
| 28 | If that dwarf , Tariq , is permitted to build them a bomb … ’ |
| 29 | I would n't have considered giving you the job if my friend Lord Coleworthy had n't recommended you so highly . |
| 30 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |