Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 2 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |
| 3 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 4 | It 's a short course , developed on scientific principles , designed to give you a basic grounding in the vocabulary , usage and pronunciation of Japlish . |
| 5 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 6 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 7 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 8 | Just guess who 's come to pay you a little visit ! ’ |
| 9 | Sally-Anne had never before understood the necessity to be absolutely precise in everything she did , and Matey 's training , designed to make her a good maid , was beginning to affect her habits in every other part of her life . |
| 10 | He is made to jump it a third time , even if you have to stand there all night . |
| 11 | This is said to give you a quick energy boost . |
| 12 | Alibert fresh pasta from Olga Catering is also in special packaging , which is said to give it a guaranteed shelf-life of 60 days . |
| 13 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 14 | ( Goodman , 1965 , p. 17 , p. 23 , cf. p. 14 ; Ayer , 1972 , pp. 120 f. , cf. p 118 ; Lewis , 1973 , p. 1 ; Mackie , 1973 , p. 64 ) As a look at the philosophy of language and its analyses of " meaning " or its uses of " semantics " quickly shows , much more would need to be done to give us a well-defined problem , but let us not linger . |
| 15 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 16 | Pye eventually agreed to lease me a small factory in Watford , in which I set up my new company . |
| 17 | Of course he had got to know him a good deal better at Ecalpemos … |
| 18 | ‘ Well , Father 's promised to buy me a small practice when I 'm qualified , which will be in a few months . |
| 19 | He has just offered to give me a good rogering . |
| 20 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 21 | Afterwards , her eight-year-old brother was told to give her a cold bath . |
| 22 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 23 | The railway have promised to give him a special party during the weekend of October 26 and 27 and he looks forward to seeing as many of this young friends as possible at that event . |
| 24 | Yeah I , but I mean I 've but I 've got to give you a small area of background . |
| 25 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
| 26 | The fabric may be textured to give it a rougher surface , resembling canvas . |
| 27 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
| 28 | The first of a series of world hunting trips to collect animals for the newly endowed Sherman Field Museum of Natural History — the latest public shrine to celebrate the force and virility of the male Sherman line — had seemed to promise her a refreshing diversion from the dull routine of Tidewater Virginia and the house of political convenience in Georgetown . |
| 29 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 30 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |