Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 2 | Visitors to Buckingham are hard pressed to guess what the gothic style building in the town 's centre once was . |
| 3 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
| 4 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 5 | He talked of ‘ the white man 's Christ ’ , invoked to preserve what the white man has got ; and of the ‘ black man 's Christ ’ — the Christ of suffering and sacrifice . |
| 6 | The Treasury Bench has heard what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 7 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 8 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 9 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 10 | Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service . |
| 11 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 12 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 13 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 14 | TELEVISION has given us the dramatised documentary Last week The Sunday Telegraph , in its report ‘ Cambridge blues as Oxford bags title ’ , gave us the dramatised book review . |
| 15 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 16 | Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage . |
| 17 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 18 | The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " . |
| 19 | The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system . |
| 20 | If your business is larger it takes more organisation and record keeping to know what the magic formula is for each customer . |
| 21 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 22 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
| 23 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 24 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 25 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 26 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 27 | All of that suggests that the sheep industry is poised to make the most of the structural accident that has made it the biggest producer of lamb in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 28 | In per capita terms , Venezuela 's long history as an oil exporter — between 1929 and 1969 it was the world 's leading exporter — has made it the richest country in South America . |
| 29 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 30 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |