Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] the " in BNC.

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1 Miss Thorne had taught them all the names of the different stage areas .
2 Bossard was sentenced to 21 years ' imprisonment and once again it seems that the Russians were willing to sacrifice an agent , probably because Bossard had given them all the details he could of the American rocket-guidance systems , in order to enhance the credibility of Top Hat so that he could continue peddling disinformation .
3 Because even if you you have sat down and spoken to somebody about the project for five minutes , and given them all the other information ,
4 Right erm all the rules people are tired etcetera so their rates of and knowledge is probably downhill anyway and then we talk about thirty five minutes just to speed up make sure we train them , we 've given them all the input .
5 They share a parent , who seems to have given them both the same handsome shiny leaves .
6 ‘ Look lady , I 've given ya all the rope I could and I guess you jus ' plumb hung yourself .
7 I 've done them all the right hats
8 In the later fifth century Christian aristocrats , now frequently bishops , had made their own the literary and rhetorical culture of the pagan aristocracy .
9 That first act of over-familiarity had secured him all the credit he would ever need and besides he felt wild , restless , a mood in which he knew himself all too prone to indiscretion .
10 They thought he was a bit peculiar , maybe , but they 'd accepted him all the same .
11 Right well I 've done it all the way through .
12 Time will be standing still in Kington on sunday … the streets should be empty … they 'll all be at Lords to cheer their cricket team on the village eleven have made it all the way to the final after 25 years of trying …
13 You should make sure you know where the parents can be contacted , and that they have given you all the information you are likely to need about the child .
14 Dr Greene must have given you all the facts . ’
15 ‘ I can not manage without you either and I 've given you all the time I intend to , ’ he whispered against her mouth .
16 But then , on the day of the election , they said , we have given you all the facts but on balance advise you to v vote for John Major .
17 But they had never mentioned these despicable attacks to me ; they had kept cheerful faces and shown me all the love and care they had always given me , their prodigal son .
18 The local force have promised me all the help I need . ’
19 Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know .
20 But I have told her all the stories and rhymes I know and she is getting bored .
21 So he 'd had it all the time .
22 No we 've had it all the time .
23 he could have half bricked it all the way up ?
24 I wake up like it , I go to bed like it , I 've got it all the time that I 'm living with a bloody nightmare , all the time .
25 He 'd closed the door behind them , but he had n't closed it all the way .
26 ‘ I would not say he has always told us all the truth , ’ said Cadfael mildly , ‘ if that 's a matter for his conscience .
27 So you 've shown us all the basic techniques of sailing and more importantly how to get yourself rescued should things get out of hand but apart from the dubious pleasure of capsizing , are there any other ways of getting thoroughly wet ?
28 ‘ The Americans have offered us all the help we want .
29 I ran home from school in the Fifties and I would be crying because they really sold us all the fear of a nuclear explosion .
30 The police took the immediate neighbours into their confidence out of sheer necessity , hoping one of them might have seen or heard something significant the previous Tuesday ; but none had .
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