Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has offered madness in the form of a minute ; she has accepted it in the form of an examination answer . |
| 2 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
| 3 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 4 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 5 | It does n't take the detective skills of Lord Peter Wimsey to track down the novels of Dorothy L Sayers … she 's made it into the top shelf of crime writers . |
| 6 | ‘ Besides , we ca n't kill her until she 's led us to the book or at least told us where we can find it . ’ |
| 7 | She 's written it on the top of the letter . |
| 8 | They 're like , I do n't know , it 's like they 're really thin , and she 's plucked 'em at the end as a kid . |
| 9 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 10 | She 's heard nothing from the , the hospital they after the tests . |
| 11 | She 's got me by the jeans — the hand 's scabby — she 's got some skin disease . |
| 12 | So er that was good to remember and she 's got another wedding cake in August I do n't know where she 's got it on the production line . |
| 13 | I suppose she 's put it in the other room . |
| 14 | such important guest this evening she 's let him into the banquet and of course the guys are dying at this stage . |
| 15 | So far as teachers are concerned , it might be necessary to tap a pupil on the shoulder to point out that s/he has dropped something on the floor , or to grab hold of a pupil to prevent an assault by that pupil on another . |
| 16 | He has said nothing about the government 's economic package , with its plan for a FFr68 billion rise in taxes . |
| 17 | He has freed you from the burden of the rules of Holy Law . ’ |
| 18 | He has shot himself in the arm . |
| 19 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
| 20 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 21 | He has raised it with the contractor . |
| 22 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 23 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 24 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 25 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 26 | Since then , they estimate that he has seen something in the region of 70 doctors . |
| 27 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 28 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
| 29 | As often as not , He has done nothing of the kind . |
| 30 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |