Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he 'd parted them both fish and frog began animatedly to flap around . |
| 2 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |
| 3 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 4 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 5 | In the recent cup tie at Stradey Park I was saddened to see their lack of commitment , but a recent big win at Newport has given them more confidence and I think that we should watch out for them next season . |
| 6 | The commanding officer had given them more details of the crash and assured them that Whitey would have died quickly , although his body was badly burned . |
| 7 | One may presume that the standard of living of both these groups was above the national average , and that this could have given them better resistance to disease than their poorer neighbours . |
| 8 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
| 9 | Typically , in one of the first debates about inner cities of the third Thatcher term , Nicholas Ridley , then Secretary of State for the Environment , justified his aggressively business led strategy , introducing more Urban Development Corporations : |
| 10 | Asked what he felt about the nominal fine , he replied , " Not a lot , " before heading to the practice ground to repair a swing which has won him just £8,750 this season . |
| 11 | Frank , 49 , who had requested the inquiry himself [ see p. 36843 ] , was a generally liked and respected member of the House , whose openness had originally won him much sympathy , although a detailed interview in Newsweek caused some offence . |
| 12 | In January 1987 The Smiths ' planned single release , ‘ You Have n't Earned It Yet Baby ’ , a rather spiteful song with a catchy hookline , was switched to ‘ Shoplifters Of The World Unite ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ 'E was in a fire an' they 've took 'im ter Guy 's ‘ Ospital as a precaution . |
| 14 | BEST READER OF THIS COLUMN : Ron Turner , who has written me more letters than any other reader in my career to date . |
| 15 | This , however , need not so much reflect a decline of the village as a social centre ( its past vitality has often been greatly exaggerated ) as the extension of a wider range of choice to those sections of the rural population whose ownership of a car or a motorcycle has granted them easier access to urban amenities . |
| 16 | My fathers and grandfathers all worked in the slate , they seen nothing only slate . |
| 17 | It was not just that his career had suffered : he would have been an errand boy if it would have done her any good . |
| 18 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
| 19 | However , had the hiccup in the company 's meteoric rise to the top of the fine chemicals tree come a little sooner Mr Lines would probably have saved himself around £100,000 the personal cost of founding three academic chairs at the Poly . |
| 20 | Also have you noticed something else folks , boys , if you look at this how many different sizes of font have you actually got there on that page . |
| 21 | I 've seen everything now dad ! |
| 22 | They seemed to her unearthly ; a new combination of loss , pain and fear : they were howls she would have made herself only half-an-hour before , if she had known how . |
| 23 | He had n't chucked her overboard bag and baggage yet , but he was probably only biding his time until they returned to their mooring . |
| 24 | I 've seen him once Marion . |
| 25 | Yes , I 'm afraid I have n't done it yet Mr. Lewis . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid I have n't done it yet Mr. Lewis . |
| 27 | He gradually induced in the group a feeling of hopelessness , which must have resembled what both Mr E and Dave were feeling in the classroom . |
| 28 | Peter joking apart have the tories done themselves any good this week ? |
| 29 | I 've got nothing here mate ! |
| 30 | ‘ I bet yer that Polly 's told 'er ter goo , ’ said another . |