Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [noun sg] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 3 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |
| 4 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 5 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 6 | Mr Gould , who in describing this new species did me the honour of calling it after my name , states , that besides the smaller size and different colour of the plumage , the beak is of considerably less proportional dimensions than in the common Rhea ; that the tarsi are covered with differently-shaped scales , and that they are feathered six inches beneath the knee . |
| 7 | The Führer has given to me the honour of organizing the conference and , of course , responsibility for his safety . |
| 8 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 9 | he did me the honour of revealing his sources . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , Aunt , Leith has this afternoon done me the honour of agreeing to be my wife . ’ |
| 11 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 12 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 13 | I know we have n't long been acquainted , but will you do me the honour of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You could n't have waited half an hour — that 's all the journey from Olbia takes — and saved me the inconvenience of having to hang around for almost an hour ? ’ |
| 15 | Luckily the police have spared me the ordeal of telling Proby , and also kept my bones intact . |
| 16 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 17 | If the hon. Gentleman would do me the service of going to the Library and reading the judgments , he would find that in the earlier proceedings , neither the Home Office nor my hon. Friend were held in contempt for the actions that were taken on 1 and 2 May . |
| 18 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 19 | ‘ That gives me the chance of winning all four major titles in a row , with Barcelona already in the bag . |
| 20 | Will you do me the favour of remembering that , Sara ? " |
| 21 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 22 | Erades ( 1950 : 123 ) , for example , observes that while the sentence with the bare infinitive " can only mean one thing , viz. Will you share with me the work of addressing them ? " , that with the to infinitive allows the interpretation that " the help may be afforded by some other means , such as relieving the speaker of other duties or tasks " . |
| 23 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 24 | This gave me the opportunity of using homoeopathy in a general practice setting , while at the same time dealing with more chronic cases at the hospital where we had a consultant gynaecologist , an ENT surgeon and a consultant general surgeon , each operating once a week . |
| 25 | You 've saved me the embarrassment of having to turn you in ! |
| 26 | If I have a shade card for that particular yarn I write the tension on that too , to save me the bother of knitting another tension swatch when I next come to use the yarn . |
| 27 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 28 | Blyth saved me the trouble of suggesting a game of football by doing it himself . |
| 29 | ‘ Well now , ’ Burns said , ‘ ye 've saved me the trouble of comin' down to see you . |
| 30 | It saves me the trouble of going after you . |