Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor . |
| 32 | The heart of the problem has been governments ' concern with social justice and an egalitarian distribution of income which has led them into passing legislation which has increased the costs of doing business . |
| 33 | Their diligent enforcement of the Government 's industrial laws has helped to transform the role of the trade unions ; their role as guarantors of public order has led them into bitter conflict with pickets and demonstrators . |
| 34 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 35 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 36 | For those people whose ego ideal has ruled them with especial strictness , the group situation can appear particularly attractive . |
| 37 | He is amazed by the complex destiny which has put them before each other like this , two solid independent creatures face to face , two selves , with a common background and a common source of reference in Goethe 's Faust . |
| 38 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 39 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 40 | Kirsty 's solvent abuse has left her with serious health problems . |
| 41 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 42 | Yet in their own terms they seem fairly content with their lives , and they do not rail against the fate that has left them with this role . |
| 43 | It is difficult and must remain that way because history has left us with this difficulty . |
| 44 | Her family 's history , although nobody has recorded it in such detail , seems to have been almost as adventurous as that of the Crankos . |
| 45 | His subsequent career in equipment and clothing has kept him in close touch with needs , and there is no PE jargon in his down-to-earth advice . |
| 46 | She was always a busy , tidy little girl , going around the house at night making sure all the curtains were drawn and tucking up the zoo of small furry animals which crowded her bed — she has kept them to this day . |
| 47 | The reply , which has mystified me until this day , was , ‘ Oh ! we did n't know you meant that one ! ’ |
| 48 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 49 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |
| 50 | In essence , what has stood me in good stead all these years in broadcasting is spotting good people and waiting for them to come forward with what interests them ; what obsessions , what passions they have in translating those into programmes . |
| 51 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 52 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 53 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 54 | It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her . |
| 55 | What we were talking about , or what I think is interesting is your experience from your early days in horse shoeing has stood you in good stead for the revival of interest in driving erm if you 'd like to tell us a bit more about that I 'd love to hear it cos I 'm never tired of that . |
| 56 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 57 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 58 | " I think the American woman has upset him in some way , " she continued in a quiet voice . |
| 59 | Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’ |
| 60 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |