Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes er what what er the pitch I think in fact I 've heard them say this er because I 've been out with two of the top fliers up here |
| 2 | That you can easily lose your concentration and go off to sleep and so it is in the truth , so we need to stay awake , stand firm for almighty , be vigilant and again in the scriptures we could look up half a dozen scriptures in the Christian Greek scriptures to show that we need to keep spiritually awake and it uses different terminology you 've heard me use some already , remember the one in verse Peter four , verse seven ? |
| 3 | It 's paragraph seventeen , eighteen and the additional item added by Miss about a report to the April meeting on what action can be taken to implement the District Auditor 's recommendations , and from what we 've heard I think that report will also contain reference to today 's , the correct response to today 's Government four papers erm , on the policy with regard to the Rio summit . |
| 4 | ‘ What the film wants to do is let everyone feel secure about life , about their own position in life , to feel that they can achieve the things they want . |
| 5 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
| 6 | he could wander rou , if only Joey had let me do more |
| 7 | Supposed to have let me know last night again . |
| 8 | No future governments of whatever political persuasion , erm er I I fear have let me begin that point again . |
| 9 | She would never have let someone like that come home with her . |
| 10 | But I should n't have let you do that . ’ |
| 11 | Listen to what they say — maybe some place coming free soon , maybe some place they could have let you have three months back but it went to someone else . |
| 12 | At once regretting that she had let herself become riled , she delved into her bag and came out with a bar of soap . |
| 13 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 14 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
| 15 | How could she have let him do that ? |
| 16 | Surely Lee had n't let him get loose . |
| 17 | Did n't want her to chuck herself off a bridge , so I 've let her have one of my rooms . ’ |
| 18 | How long had it been since she had let anyone come this close , comfort her , try to ease her fears ? |
| 19 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 20 | Though women are typically characterized as prophets of doom , Mira 's modest demand in relation to both personal and political situations is ‘ let us recognize one another before annihilating one another ’ ( 15,136 ; variations : 20,74,136 ) . |
| 21 | As I say if they took my wages into consideration they would have let us buy next door even . |
| 22 | As elsewhere , the people have been very kind here , and have let us teach more or less what we want . |
| 23 | Thousands of you have kindly let us know much more about yourselves by filling in the questionnaire in our November issue . |
| 24 | You could 've let us use some of that eight , over eight million pounds that we have stuffed away , set aside to actually promote our social housing programme . |
| 25 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 26 | ‘ You 've made me feel cheap — ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You certainly have n't made me feel happy . ’ |
| 28 | It 's made me feel happy . |
| 29 | The Trevino era has been a special time of my life and he 's made me feel special . |
| 30 | Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’ |