Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that bloody dog last night I could 've wrung his neck , mm I could 've , he just did n't damn well stop |
| 2 | Usually very very pessimistic and always look always look on the on the pessimistic side of things you know all that sort of stuff but you know they are a very important part of the group , you know given given their space to be like they are you know do n't take them too seriously remember their job is to criticise and their job is to pull things to pieces . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 've regained your colour . ’ |
| 4 | We thought some bird must 've forgotten her shopping . |
| 5 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 6 | It had the dubious merit of illustrating the spirit which has pervaded his campaign against Daniel Stewart 's and Melville College in Edinburgh since last June . |
| 7 | COMEDY star Whoopi Goldberg has trebled her money to make a sequel to the hit film Sister Act . |
| 8 | To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising , the National Museum of Ireland has revised its exhibition on the vital period of modern Irish history between 1900 and 1921 and called it ‘ The Road to Independence ’ . |
| 9 | It was published in America in 1974 , translated by Peter Kussi , who has revised his translation for the new edition of 1986 which I am discussing here . |
| 10 | In any case , Anderson has revised his judgment of England 's intellectual culture . |
| 11 | Will the Chancellor assist businesses in making their investment plans by telling us whether he has revised his growth forecast for this year in the light of the Prime Minister 's statements in his new year interview , which seemed to cast considerable doubt on the growth forecasts given earlier ? |
| 12 | He has wrecked her life , ’ she said . |
| 13 | At least for the moment , the Conservative government has wrecked its popularity by pursuing misconceived projects such as the poll tax . |
| 14 | ‘ Your pony has wrecked my garden . |
| 15 | ‘ Dancer Maitland has wrecked my Jamboree , ’ roared Miss Lodsworth . |
| 16 | SOAP hunk Simon Gregson claims being a Coronation Street star has wrecked his love life . |
| 17 | The Institute Investigation Committee has delayed its decision on whether to proceed with disciplinary action over Clark Whitehill 's alleged involvement in the Nicholas Young fraud . |
| 18 | The country 's leading try-scorer before sustaining a rib injury on March 17 , he has suffered an ankle injury in training which has delayed his comeback . |
| 19 | Helen Harvey of the Lord Todd has received her presentation for ten years with CCG . |
| 20 | As Stalin scornfully put it , ‘ the bourgeoisie of Finland … by a strange confluence of circumstances has received its independence from the hands of a socialist Russia ’ . |
| 21 | The union claimed great achievements ; " Register Tickets or Seamen 's Passports abolished , forced payments to the Merchant Seamen 's Fund gone the same road ; coal whipping ( i.e. the discharge of relatively small amounts of coal at minor ports which on the Thames was the job of " eight licensed coal-whippers , who are all able bodied men , with one basket-man to every vessel " ) by Seamen in the Thames has received its death blow ; the coasting trade has been relieved from the officiousness of a Shipping Master ; small stores , or payments instead , has been allowed ; WAGES have RISEN , and so have FREIGHTS ; ships sailed by members of the society are better manned ; and lastly , the improvements in the law have helped slightly to ameliorate the condition of Seamen as a class " . |
| 22 | Any one who is saved , any one who is a Christian , who is a follower of Jesus Christ , who has committed their life to Christ , who has received his forgiveness , and who belongs to him , any one is ready and able to receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 23 | A soldier who risked his life to save children wounded in a mortar attack in Bosnia has received his MBE from the Queen . |
| 24 | You may be attracted by an advertisement in your local paper , or perhaps reading the nursing press has aroused your interest . |
| 25 | And it has eased its capital rules to enable market-makers to bid for more of each issue . |
| 26 | At Chilton we have commissioned the new warehouse which has eased our storage problems and the second extruder line is due to be fully operational in early July . |
| 27 | has developed her love of bowls since being introduced to the sport eight years ago by workmate . |
| 28 | The Group has developed its expertise and facilities for organic analysis significantly during the year , particularly in the area of gas analysis . |
| 29 | Written eight years ago for Gidon Kremer and much revised since then , it has developed its shape from the pressure of the emotions within it and , in spite of the obvious parallel with Berg 's Violin Concerto , is fundamentally like no other . |
| 30 | Written eight years ago for Gidon Kremer and much revised since then , it has developed its shape from the pressure of the emotions within it and , in spite of the obvious parallel with Berg 's Violin Concerto , is fundamentally like no other . |