Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if that child is sensitive and caring and does not wish to hurt or disappoint his parents , perhaps he may even enter the medical profession and spend years doing something he does not really want to do while denying himself the opportunity of fulfilling his life in the way he would have chosen . |
| 2 | Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . |
| 3 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
| 4 | Environmental audits are defined as determining what the organisation has done and is doing in relation to the environment . |
| 5 | Kaye still laughs when recalling what the house was like before — even the now cherished conservatory needed a lot of attention . |
| 6 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |