Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | York Benedictine monk Cyril Brooks has set himself a 100-mile a day challenge to cycle around Britain to raise money for a church convention . |
| 2 | A seminarist has brought me a blanket off his own bed . |
| 3 | Second , asking questions establishes whether the buyer has understood what the salesperson has said . |
| 4 | The programmer has given us a production concept which will spread to every aspect of the teaching process . |
| 5 | It would be a misuse of powers for a judge to say : ‘ I know Parliament has given me a discretion to vary orders in contempt appeals and make just ones , but I 'm never going to use them . |
| 6 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 7 | The noise has given me a head . ’ |
| 8 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 9 | The university has set itself the objective of becoming an outstanding research and teaching university . |
| 10 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 11 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 12 | Rugby has given me a life , it 's given me everything . |
| 13 | After nearly two decades of hard work , Robert Cray has earned himself a place alongside the blues aristocracy . |
| 14 | The case has caused us a lot of grief . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ This Budget has given me no confidence to spend whatsoever , ’ Mr Ingram said . |
| 16 | The camcorder has given everyone the chance to star in their own home movies . |
| 17 | An application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for the Bradford Atea Project to be given registered charity status and the association has set itself a target of raising £20,000 during the next 12 months . |
| 18 | ‘ I am older than the king ; and grief has made me a man . ’ |
| 19 | My fear has made me a prisoner in my own home ; I go out only for essential shopping . |
| 20 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 21 | Stephen 's quick thinking has earned him a bravery award in the Care in Crisis competition run by the Red Cross , and the respect of his mother . |
| 22 | ‘ But when the stranger has done one a signal service — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 24 | I mean I think shrinking the broadsheet width has spoilt it a lot . |
| 25 | She does her weekly shopping not in a huge supermarket but in the camp 's NAAFI and in an effort to actually go out and meet people Sue has got herself a day job . |
| 26 | Mama , Millie has brought you a present ; they 're currant buns . |
| 27 | It is assumed that research has established what the nature of child abuse is , who the actual and potential perpetrators and victims are and hence what are the associated factors which put children at ‘ high risk ’ . |
| 28 | In a way , I was thinking , Gharr had done me a favour . |
| 29 | Just before he left , Creed had given him the date . |
| 30 | Those long years in junior command had given him an intimacy with the poilu denied to most of the other French chiefs , and because of his low rank in 1914 he knew — unlike Haig and Joffre — very well what wounded men looked like . |