Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Or if you 're going to do it the same as we 've done these it should be S A Y E D so said is a funny one .
2 Er so er I mean they 're going to show you the seven year figure , maybe do n't show you the ten year figure , because they do n't look too good over ten years .
3 We 're having to do it the hard way . ’
4 While money has been used to reward them the intrinsic motivation of working in a harmonious team has been eliminated in many jobs ; for example , checkout operators in a supermarket , process workers in a manufacturing plant .
5 At p625 he stated : A vendor selling property to a purchaser can not be said to lend him the unpaid portion of the purchase price .
6 ‘ I 'm going to make you the new Madonna , ’ Waterman promised his new prodigy , but even today he shakes his head disbelievingly at the opportunity others missed .
7 ‘ I 'm going to make you the next Madonna . ’
8 This game can be repeated to make it the best of five .
9 I have been asked to send you the following extract from the Minutes of the Computing Sub-Group meeting held 24 March 1993 .
10 It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them .
11 What I 'll try and do is to remember to send you the new documentation .
12 ‘ The poor tyke must think she 's going to give him the Genestealer kiss .
13 If he 's trying to find you the cheapest
14 Everyone in Royal Mail is working to give you the best possible service .
15 It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu .
16 As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best .
17 He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’
18 Her alarmed personal physician Dr Michael Roth was forced to give her the stark warning when she refused to rest up completely .
19 And eventually Doyle was forced to tell him the whole story .
20 He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’
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