Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 5 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 8 | Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage . |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 12 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 17 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 18 | The American golf historian Herb Warren Wind has called it the greatest bunker shot in all championship play . |
| 19 | Job cuts are almost certain to follow and a former Dowty director has called it the worst day of his life . |
| 20 | ‘ It amazes me he should now want to kill the goose that has laid him the golden egg . |
| 21 | David Lloyd clubs , all 7 of them — and more to come — are building their reputation on quality of service , something which has allowed him the entrepreneurial satisfaction of seeing his company expand , when others around him are failing , victims of all the British recession . |
| 22 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 23 | Heading up Wood Group engineering 's activities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is Bill Reid who has sent us the following report : . |
| 24 | In this case , cerebral development has denied it the automatic response while defective social development has denied it the opportunity of learning the skill it lacks . |
| 25 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 26 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 27 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 28 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 29 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 30 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |