Example sentences of "[vb pp] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Next , ’ said Amaranth , who had let drop the first two scarves on to the heads of the assembled press men , ‘ we have Gerald Kaufman , all vinegar and no chips . ’ |
| 2 | She should n't be let roam the hills alone . ’ |
| 3 | Some time during the few days ' leave , when talking about my life — not work , of course — at Bletchley , I must rashly have let slip the fact that occasionally I was tired . |
| 4 | Equally , triumphalism of the dotty kind has not been in evidence at all ; nobody , for example , has let slip the belief that the present knowledge of genetics is so certain and detailed that the future of the human race can now be predicted . |
| 5 | If no notification is made prepare the first absence letter to be issued . |
| 6 | I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all . |
| 7 | It by no means follows that if B had been made bankrupt the dividend would have amounted to the sum obtained , so that the bank might have got less . |
| 8 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 9 | The traditional novel writers like Jane Austen are essentially objective and descriptive , Jane Austen for example describes events and people in a basic narrative style , she has very little involvement with any kind of thought life ; the actions made dictate the novel almost completely . |
| 10 | Marie-Claire Alain makes a wonderful sound on the organ of the Vienna Konzerthaus , and at least this disc has the advantage of having been made withe the organ and orchestra in the same building . |
| 11 | Question six , pate de foie gras is made form the liver of , okay literary of a fat goose , but we accepted goose alright , so pate de foie gras from a goose liver . |
| 12 | The strength of the British economy in the mid-1980s , the signs of growth and rising prosperity , helped dispel the old image of ‘ the sick man of Europe ’ . |
| 13 | Tests on existing family members have helped locate the gene to a region of chromosome 17 . |
| 14 | This released accumulations of polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) into the bloodstream , which together with hunger , helped weaken the dolphins enough for them to succumb to infections of herpes and distemper . |
| 15 | Just William is back Playtex Secrets underwear helped make the year more enjoyable |
| 16 | NORDSTROM 'S ability to cater for what its customers want has helped make the Seattle-based company one of the largest retailers in America . |
| 17 | Friendly and efficient staff have helped make the Hotel San Remo a favourite with Citalia guests for many years . |
| 18 | Anyway , as they were summer clothes , and it had been the start of winter , that had helped make the decision an easy one . |
| 19 | Everyone from security guards to nurses and secretaries helped make the day go with a buzz . |
| 20 | IMHO he 's really helped make the back division look much better ( by our standards anyway ; - ) ) and him out *could* leave a big hole back there . |
| 21 | Helped make the winning goal in the semi-final against Norwich City and was certainly not overawed by the occasion Paul Bracewell ( midfield ) : Captain and midfield director-of-operations , Bracewell knows all about FA Cup finals . |
| 22 | Everyone but Nathan had gathered in the canteen that morning and Roirbak , when he joined them , was aware of a certain tension indicating no one dared think the worst was over . |
| 23 | Leonard Toomey , successful Lloyd 's underwriter , now retired , had a very different early view of the City : his father , a stonesmason who lived in Battersea , south London , helped build the Bank of England . |
| 24 | Pauline actually helped design the new chair . |
| 25 | His East German counterpart Lothar de Maizière ) , who was in Hungary to commemorate the 1989 East German exodus through the open Austria-Hungary border which had helped topple the East German communist regime , promised trilateral Hungarian , East German and West German talks on the issue . |
| 26 | Pace pair Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram , plus leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed , helped restrict the West Indies to 197-9 . |
| 27 | We ca n't tell whether our decision to move the sale to Ireland has helped influence the Chancellor but it went right home in Government circles , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Coverage of sport certainly helped popularize the otherwise earnest BBC . |
| 29 | Willie had already helped paint the scenery but had been asked to take over as prompter when Matthew Browne had been suddenly whisked off to boarding school . |
| 30 | As Whately Cook Taylor put it in 1874 , ‘ Hitherto , whatever the laws have touched , they have not dared invade the sacred precinct ’ , and such reluctance dictated the hesitations over passing the incest law until 1908 . |