Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an ideal world the political framework and the broad strategy should have come first ; then the military men would have designed a plan to fit them . |
| 2 | Graham Pidgeon who 's horse has won a race says you only have w inner once in a while and its worth waiting for |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 4 | you 've won a card have you ? |
| 5 | NOW that Lennox Lewis has earned a world-title shot it 's interesting to see so many people who previously dubbed him a Canadian imposter jumping on the Brit-for-Champ bandwagon . |
| 6 | who has let a prince clamber her . |
| 7 | ‘ That I 've let a man undress me ? ’ |
| 8 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 9 | The pair have the support of the whole town … local traders have organised a petition to keep them on . |
| 10 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 11 | She was accustomed to pain , but had never yet let an opponent strike her and survive . |
| 12 | Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift . |
| 13 | Only when she was out of sight and I had turned a corner did I remember that I had left the little willow leaf from her body lying upstairs on her Sophocles . |
| 14 | Well , he has certainly done a lot to change it . |
| 15 | Some said the sport came from the Norsemen , others muttered about the Romans who after all had been in the area for several centuries and left little else but stone , and one literary aficionado had just written a treatise tracing it back in direct line to Jacob 's wrestling with the angel . |
| 16 | Mrs Smith 's family say he 'd written a letter threatening her and he should have been detained . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , his family had instructed a solicitor to represent him . |
| 18 | We had organized a helicopter to get him down to London in time . |
| 19 | It supported a resolution opposing war by ‘ organizing working-class action , including the general strike ’ and yet accepted a resolution committing it to a general reduction of armaments within the security of the League of Nations 's commitment to take action against aggressor states . |
| 20 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 21 | I 've never said a word to betray it . |
| 22 | He had seen a face watching him at the window and he had recognized it . |
| 23 | They encountered no opposition though Ranulf maintained that he had seen a rider watching them as they crossed the bridge at Dalmeny . |
| 24 | If Francis had made a will have you any idea how it would have gone ? ’ |
| 25 | I just think women find humour sexy and if you 've made a woman laugh you 've won half the battle . |
| 26 | She could n't help thinking how different he was from Giles , who had never missed an opportunity to pressure her , using compliments and charm like velvet hammers in an effort to get him what he wanted . |
| 27 | When the case went to court Claire 's solicitor was granted an order allowing her to live with her foster parents until a full hearing . |
| 28 | ‘ I write to confirm that on 5 October 1989 you were represented at the hearing to oppose the plaintiff being granted an injunction preventing you from selling the property . |
| 29 | Chairman Lord Younger has announced that , in addition to a tour of the building , Her Majesty has accepted an invitation to join him for lunch . |
| 30 | For nearly 3 years Susan Hurd has made an RAF house her home . |