Example sentences of "[pron] has [verb] [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Peace ’ is now just another kind of hostility and no-one has offered us a word for what peace used to mean . |
| 2 | When asked what effect this has on his paintings , he replies , ‘ I feel like an Irish outsider , which has given me a neutrality of vision . |
| 3 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 4 | It is the influence of Weber 's style which has made him a phenomenon of the 1980s . |
| 5 | In fact , ‘ Damnation Derek ’ is a Christian who believes in ‘ Witnessing ’ and it is this simple , even commendable desire to tell others about God and all things Christian that has earned him his nickname ( 'Damnation' is n't his real name — in case you thought he had very unloving parents ! ) and which has made him a Playground Health Hazard . |
| 6 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 7 | But many archbishops were delighted by the excuse to go on pilgrimage to Rome ; and one of the first to benefit from the custom was Sigeric , archbishop of Canterbury ( 990 — 4 ) , who has left us a kind of diary of his visit — first of the churches in Rome which a pilgrim had especially to visit and to pray in , and then of the stages on his long journey back to Canterbury . |
| 8 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
| 10 | She has given us an account of her experiences . |
| 11 | Now I think that 's better than nothing , but I think one has to take it a stage further than that and say that erm the concepts and the processes in science do build logically one upon the other , in a coherent and meaningful way , and that 's important for teachers to appreciate what that meaningful sequence is and that , you know , the lucky dip idea is , as I have said , better than nothing , but it 's so much inferior to the notion that teachers should be aware that there is a progression in science and that they can teach children progressively from a very early age onwards and build meaningful knowledge upon meaningful knowledge . |
| 12 | Now I think that 's better than nothing , but I think one has to take it a stage further than that and say that erm the concepts and the processes in science do build logically one upon the other , in a coherent and meaningful way , and that 's important for teachers to appreciate what that meaningful sequence is and that , you know , the lucky dip idea is , as I have said , better than nothing , but it 's so much inferior to the notion that teachers should be aware that there is a progression in science and that they can teach children progressively from a very early age onwards and build meaningful knowledge upon meaningful knowledge . |
| 13 | He has sent me a copy of Tax Bulletin No 1 , which covers the Revenue 's official line for treating such expenditure . |
| 14 | Appropriately , he has sent us a letter about a piece he saw in last Thursday 's Diary . |
| 15 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 16 | He repeats it in 4:13 , ‘ This is how we know that we remain in him , and he in us , because he has given us a portion of his Spirit . ’ |
| 17 | He has given you a cost breakdown as follows : |
| 18 | ‘ He has brought you a present , Chamanji , ’ continued Zakir . |
| 19 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 20 | He has bought me a drink . |
| 21 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
| 22 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
| 23 | It has made him a millionaire but 32-year-old Chris would sell it all tomorrow if he could find a buyer . |
| 24 | He was paid £1,600 for his part in producing a football video nasty and it has cost him a record £20,000 fine . |
| 25 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |
| 26 | Now I 've had a few in succession , it has given me a lot more confidence . |
| 27 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 28 | ‘ It has given her a head start over everyone else and trained her in the art of being able to look after herself . |
| 29 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
| 30 | This scientific enthusiasm was invaluable during his three years as President of the Royal Geographical Society and it has earned him a place on the National Environmental Research Council . |