Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , one needs German to understand what the author is trying to do . ’ |
| 2 | Called ‘ Robben Ford & Blue Line ’ ( GRS 11022 ) , it looks likely to gain him the even higher profile as a soloist he so richly deserves . |
| 3 | The girl — it seemed sarcastic to call her the bride — was wearing a cheap costume in lilac that looked stiff and new . |
| 4 | Centralizing revenue collection and publishing the empire 's accounts had won Reitern the respect of financial experts , but had not done much to earn him the applause of the community at large . |
| 5 | It seemed imperative to tell him the truth . |
| 6 | I did n't feel it was sensible to er , get Monica going through that too many stages , it would seem to me it would better to agree the changes and then we 'd all agreed what the changes are going to be get Monica to do it , rather than go through lots of drafts , drafts with Monica . |
| 7 | But because she 's a young girl she did n't feel able to question what the doctor was doing , and let it go . |
| 8 | Finally she returned to the information desk where she 'd first encountered him the previous day , and found a pretty young woman sitting there stacking up guide books on Dublin . |
| 9 | When the coughing stopped again , he signalled Myeloski to give him the pad and pencil . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like your attitude , ’ he informed me , and then went on to say he would feel irresponsible selling me the bag since I displayed such a devil-may-care response to his safety lecture . |
| 11 | They became motivated to do what the trainer wished through fear of repeated pain . |
| 12 | If you were so evidently inept , why did the company see fit to give you the job in the first place ? |
| 13 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 14 | Burke and Chinkin in [ 1989 ] ICLR 401 ask what the effect would be if the parties required their expert to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 15 | Indeed at times it has seemed difficult to see what the newcomers could do to alleviate the resentments they have occasionally caused . |
| 16 | There were those at that time who cultivated melancholy to give themselves the appearance of profundity . |
| 17 | She wanted a house of her own , and she persuaded Fabien to give her the money to buy Les Hiboux in her own name . |
| 18 | You then put new values in — they may be sales targets , interest rates , whatever — and the sheet changes onscreen to show you the way the picture stands with them in but the main sheet remains as it was . |
| 19 | Fermanagh trailed by two goals at three quarter time but levelled the game again to 12–12 to take them into extra time , and stole the extra goal needed for victory on the whistle winning 16–15 to give them the trophy for the second year . |
| 20 | He might have saved her from Jem , but did that give him the right to such a ruthless inquisition ? |
| 21 | Did that make her the same as Amelia as the others ? |
| 22 | I think that makes it the best of the season at Filbert Street . |
| 23 | Nor did this do him the least harm in his relations with the police . |
| 24 | D. H. You have said that your family moved in and out of illness : did this give you the position to turn breast cancer and person-centred health issues into political photography ? |
| 25 | And because I was drunk and ca n't remember anything about my ordeal , does that give him the right to do what he did to me ? |
| 26 | Does that give you the same answer ? |
| 27 | ‘ Does that make him the murderer ? ’ whispered Alice in an aside to Alfred . |
| 28 | Firstly , there was the bare fact that two London East Enders , both of whom had left school at fifteen and were quite untutored in writing , had felt so passionately about their situation that , in different prisons and unknown to each other , they had each set themselves the daunting task of writing the equivalent of full-length books . |
| 29 | Does this give us the clue we need ? |
| 30 | Does this give us the answer we need ? |