Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | The company had expected it to show a quantifiable benefit by reducing absenteeism and labour turnover , and by easing the production control difficulties caused by the inflexibilities of the line system . |
| 3 | In December 1855 , he had instructed him to design a large extension to the Ordnance Office in Pall Mall to form a new War Department . |
| 4 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 5 | Crowe had told her to get a new face . |
| 6 | Then the professor and Isobel , both young and enthusiastic , had helped him to choose a likely publisher to whom to send it . |
| 7 | He started taking his own photographs to publicise his collections when he got impatient with photographers who did not understand what he was trying to say ; this has lead him to launch a parallel career as a photographer and his work is much in demand by magazines who like his candid portraits of such luminaires as Caroline of Monaco . |
| 8 | SPORT 'S role as a major employer and contributor to government coffers has helped it to discover a latent power and a voice of its own , discarding its traditionally apolitical posture in the process . |
| 9 | ‘ You have also invited me to wear a British hat , ’ Mark continued . |
| 10 | His exercise regime is supported by strict adherence to a diet , and together they have enabled him to retain a muscular frame with what he claims is zero body fat . |
| 11 | Having bought back this establishment from his former employers , Trusthouse Forte , his new freedom from the body corporate has inspired him to create a serious £23 dinner menu and leave the comfortable grey-blue decor well alone . |
| 12 | Now his landlord , the Allied Brewery group , has invited him to accept a 10-year lease at a starting price of £36,000 a year . |
| 13 | This has enabled us to secure a significant contract relating to a drug delivery system . ’ |
| 14 | The developments of artificial light and packaged food have enabled us to develop a certain independence from the natural environment . |
| 15 | This has enabled us to identify a novel protein ( CBP100 ) that directly interacts with CREB . |
| 16 | Once , that was after Maman had gone , and when his own mother was distant , she had compelled him to eat a whole snail , slashing his legs with a nettle till he obeyed , and the stinging of the nettle really enlivened his dancing . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight . |
| 18 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 19 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 20 | ‘ Matron has asked me to have a little talk to you about your temporary position as a special nurse in Marcus Ward . |
| 21 | We have asked him to lodge a formal vote of confidence in the government when the Congress resumes today , ’ one source said . |
| 22 | He said that the party would be committed to democracy , socialism and universal social welfare , but it was expected to attract mostly Moslems after the convention of Moslems organized by Shahabuddin on July 8-9 had asked him to organize a national party for minority groups . |
| 23 | I 've asked him to do a bloody couple of jobs and he has n't done 'em yet |
| 24 | Young writer Tim Firth scored a big hit here last year with the lunchtime show , A Man of Letters , so this year we 've asked him to write a main house show for us — the hilarious Neville 's Island . |
| 25 | Half seriously , half as a joke he had asked her to write a short piece for him on what she had termed in conversation with him ‘ wasted women ’ . |
| 26 | His first wife had left him to become a theatrical agent because she did n't want to be just a housewife . |
| 27 | The Establishment of Jesus 's day would have liked him to establish a political kingdom for the Jews , but he said , ‘ My Kingdom is not of this world . ’ |
| 28 | It has urged them to make a common stand to convince the industrialised countries that tropical countries are dependent on timber , and must continue with logging " within maintainable limits ' . |
| 29 | Network SouthEast will be the only European commuter rail operation not supported by public money , and Mr Parkinson has ordered it to earn a commercial rate of return by 1995/96 , a move which implies further fare increases . |