Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end there are sequences of free paddling , both at Nottingham and on natural water , allowing the viewers to see practical use of the moves and permitting them to see the film to examine the techniques , the paddling by the six paddlers involved always being very confident and competent . |
| 2 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 3 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 4 | By the way if your system date and time is wrong you can correct them using the MS-DOS commands DATE , and TIME . |
| 5 | And it frightens me seeing the youngsters coming out carrying . |
| 6 | Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition . |
| 7 | I do n't know how it came to be shown at the Carlton , East Ham , but one Sunday my parents took me to see The Sheep Has Five Legs starring the French comedian Fernandel . |
| 8 | His jaw hung open , and he was near enough for me to see the rain dashing from his face — when lightning showed him at all . |
| 9 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 10 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 11 | Undeterred , the ERA spent many months in courtship , trying to persuade them to invest the £750,000 needed . |
| 12 | But disabled people who use them say the workshops provide them with a sense of dignity as well as permanent paid work . |
| 13 | ‘ I told you , Murphy , that although I am immensely grateful to you for helping me to repair the shed to make a hen house and for finding me the things I need , these are my hens and I shall look after them . |
| 14 | But I have a theory that if you have two musicians , both trained and able to play anything that is put before them , but only one of them has the ability to play by ear as well , then he or she will be able to project more life , beauty and expression than the other . |
| 15 | You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ . |
| 16 | Each of them has the power to decide immediately to stop purchasing tuna caught by fishing on dolphins . |
| 17 | Anyone capable of sight-leading a route protected by bolts without clipping them has the right to remove them ( a regular bolt hole closed by a rock dust/epoxy mix is virtually undetectable , and no meaningful harm will have been done to the crag environment ) . |
| 18 | Do n't forget to contact your house insurance company , and ask them to increase the buildings cover accordingly to include the new building . |
| 19 | Please let me know the numbers required by your Department by Monday 30 September 1991 . |
| 20 | I asked myself each time , Why ca n't I make the pot boil ? |
| 21 | After a leisurely tea by a coal fire , I asked the clerk to phone for a taxi . |
| 22 | I asked the management to release me from my contract . ’ |
| 23 | I still thought it meant the truck was used for hunting but I asked the labs to check her clothing just in case . |
| 24 | Thinking quickly , I asked the driver to take me to Clonmacnoise instead , a famous holy city that stood in ruins scattered over a sloping river bank . |
| 25 | I asked the committee to review the licence ’ , says the minister , ‘ but by early August it was withdrawn ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I asked the ref to blow , ’ said Wilkins . |
| 27 | In this way an allegation to the effect that the officer did not apply the brake correctly may be quickly dealt with by saying ‘ After ( the officer ) tested the brakes and found the handbrake to be defective I asked the defendant to apply the handbrake . |
| 28 | I asked the conductor to tell me when we came to my stop , and he said , " Lady , you think I got X-ray eyes or something ? |
| 29 | I asked the police to ring her father and ask him to come and collect her from school . |
| 30 | In a modest attempt to amend the damage accumulated over centuries by this pernicious little fiction , I asked the children to give me the Other Version , particularly Eve 's , but Adam 's or God 's as well if they preferred . |