Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb -s] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Somerset should opt once more for a batsman , my instinct tells me the favourite would be Richie Richardson . |
| 2 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 3 | Its complexity makes it the rock upon which the left realist argument has foundered . |
| 4 | They not only make an income from their paintings , and the cards from them , but their work gives them the challenge to succeed despite handicap . |
| 5 | Only her anger gives her the energy to lift her arm to look at her watch . |
| 6 | Buzzcocks differ in only one way from their contemporaries : they possess a spark of originality ( that was important once , remember ? ) , and their music gives you the impression they spent longer than the customary ten minutes clutching the quill in preparation to write . |
| 7 | Conrad and Philippa think they are real , and their reality gives them the right to doubt mine . |
| 8 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 9 | Someone whose job allows them the flexibility to attend meetings and participate in programmes |
| 10 | GRAHAM Finney does not mind that his hobby gives him the needle … for it helps him create textile masterpieces . |
| 11 | Then the butcher goes to the church to take leave of the priest , and as a token of his gratitude sells him the sheepskin at a knock-down price of two sous . |
| 12 | Judgement means that the court agrees that your debtor owes you the money as stated on the judgement which is normally your debt , the interest and some costs . |