Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a reeve has mated she departs from the lek to lay her eggs and rears her young by herself . |
| 2 | Dick 's career has seen him playing against the country 's best , even though he always remained a village player at heart . |
| 3 | Since then , speculation that families living close to high-voltage cables are at a greater than normal risk from childhood leukaemia and other cancers , has made them wonder about the safety of their sons Daryl , aged 2 and Jack , just 8 weeks old . |
| 4 | He has made me look at the world again , made me see things I had never seen before , and see familiar things in a new light . |
| 5 | Well I think like Lucy said it has made you think about the really . |
| 6 | Former Puma star , Marcelo Loffreda , thinks that ‘ Our rugby as a whole has deteriorated due to the way it has been managed by our officials and this crisis has made itself felt in the Pumas in the last two years . |
| 7 | There must be very many such incidents in which his influence has made itself felt in the West Riding ; and many staff and children who , without knowing it , have cause to be grateful for his work for them . |
| 8 | Everything about it has helped me to grapple with the intricacies of machine knitting in this , my second year . |
| 9 | But this spring 's burst of blossom on older trees in the garden has had me thumbing through the catalogues again . |
| 10 | This has got something to do with the murder of his family , has n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me . |
| 12 | The other main reason is that , having been sidelined by Neil Kinnock last year into the job of transport , Mr Prescott has found himself appearing on the early-evening television and radio bulletins more often than any other member of the Shadow Cabinet . |
| 13 | The fire Research Station 's fire Detection Department built a full sized hotel corridor and , for the first time , has monitored what happens in the early stages of a typical hotel fire . |
| 14 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 15 | It may be that the curiosity of Frederick I having a red beard has caused him to remain in the popular imagination : red-headed men and women have many superstitions attached to them , particularly red-headed kings . |
| 16 | Cool as you like , Paul bloody Lexington has asked me to sit in the wings for the entire run of this play and feed Micky Banks his lines ! ’ |
| 17 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 18 | ‘ He has asked me to apologise to the family of the deceased for his part in the distress that they have been caused , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 19 | This has allowed us to concentrate on the problems of running an established business . |
| 20 | Writing this book has encouraged me to reflect upon the changes which have occurred in primary education in England and Wales since the end of World War II . |
| 21 | The Argentinian football star Ossie Ardilles has admitted he made under the counter cash payments to players while managing Swindon town football club . |
| 22 | The charity has warned anyone approached by the imposter to contact police immediately . |
| 23 | THE way things are going , any Rugby Union player who has kept himself fit during the summer , can expect a sudden telephone call inviting him to join either the Lions or England on tour . |
| 24 | For his father Andre Hanscombe — whose love for his son has kept him going amidst the grief — it will be a time calling on all his reserves of courage . |
| 25 | He 's seen me talking to the great Walter Schellenberg . |
| 26 | It does n't sort of get to me nowadays , I 've learned to deal with prejudice , but in a funny kind of way , it 's helped me get from the bottom to the top . |
| 27 | ‘ Such as whether or not it 's got something to do with the fact that you are quite exceptionally precocious . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm sure it 's got something to do with the murder . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps it 's got something to do with the way Dane looks at you when you 're not aware of it — or vice versa . |
| 30 | it 's got something to do with the fact that people have got nothing to do in those areas , and no cha , no prospects , no chance of getting a job and it 's actually quite a purposeful way of spending your time . |