Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Alwen , the club 's joint owner , said : ‘ We have given Greenwich the opportunity to lead British football into the 21st century . |
| 2 | By policing the mental and the physical borders of the newly formed Germany the Völkisch ideologists wanted to create a new and pure German identity . |
| 3 | Brian had given Scarlet the impression that , if it had not been for his first wife and her child , and his second wife and her child , he would have been living a life of carefree splendour in a house adjacent to the park . |
| 4 | Wright struck just 52 seconds after Kevin Campbell had given Arsenal the lead in a dismal match at Highfield Road . |
| 5 | When Diana first consulted Penny the princess revealed that she was interested in astrology , but knew very little about it . |
| 6 | No , he had n't forgotten Simon the carpenter , one of his more errant parishioners , a florid-faced , thickset man with an evil temper and a long Welsh dagger . |
| 7 | It is this abrasive commitment to this duties which , in part , has won Skinner the Whitbread Player of the Month Award . |
| 8 | O'Hara reminded him that Jung had considered Liverpool the centre of the Universe . |
| 9 | Eos abducted ORION to be her lover , and later wed Astareus the Titan and bore the Four Winds , Boreas , Eurus , Notus and Zephyrus . |
| 10 | We we 've dropped In the Bleak Midwinter , and we 've added Hark the Herald , yes ? |
| 11 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 12 | For twenty years Floridablanca 's ‘ system ’ — the French alliance — had given Spain the appearance of a first-class naval , military , and colonial power . |
| 13 | Success in key areas has made Germany the world leader in the export of manufactured goods . |
| 14 | ‘ His mother told him on the morning of the killing that Joanne had phoned Dean the night before . |
| 15 | You might have seen Pete the Pylon in a certain television commercial . |
| 16 | In him it is said Aenarion the Defender has come again . |
| 17 | Not only had Lothar consolidated his position west of the Meuse ; he had heavily defeated Louis the German 's forces in the Rhineland and driven Louis back to Bavaria . |
| 18 | She slept , with something of her old determination , in order to be awake when he came ; and often she wanted to talk : about Bruges ; about the past ; about all the foolish exploits that had made Claes the apprentice notorious — the jokes with the gun and the waterwheel ; the chases , the skating ; the escapade with the ostrich . |
| 19 | But the Phoenix King had lent Tyrion the services of a unit of White Lions and these bold warriors ' knowledge of their homeland was to prove invaluable . |
| 20 | It ends a deal that would have made BA the world 's biggest airline , flying 80 million passengers to 340 cities in 71 countries . |
| 21 | The inevitable long loose mackintosh and knitted scarf were in evidence , which along with his totally bald head had long made Sammy the victim of local humour . |
| 22 | Moreover Prothero , a historian , perhaps had no ideas about poetic diction one way or the other ; Pound , as we have seen , thought himself victimized by Prothero not for anything to do with writing but for having championed Lewis the painter and Gaudier the sculptor . |
| 23 | A MERGER between Cromadex and general industrial coatings has given Courtaulds the platform to become the major player in industrial coatings in Europe . |
| 24 | It reminded him of his own inadequacy ; it made Arabella 's betrayal all the worse ; it had given Newley the courage to think of divorcing Georgina . |
| 25 | He replied that there was no substance in the allegation of French unpreparedness in the Verdun sector and asked for the names of those who had given Galliéni the information so that they might be admonished . |
| 26 | It was director Joseph L Mankiewicz who had given Brando the chance to prove he was more than just a mumbling slob by casting him as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar . |
| 27 | The pottery figures show the smiths wearing the conical cap ( pilleus ) , also worn by Dolichenus , and this may have given Richmond the idea that the Corbridge figures were of this eastern god . |
| 28 | Because this policy existed , and the government was democratic , both the United States and the International Monetary Fund have given Argentina the benefit of the doubt and lent it money to tide it over . |
| 29 | Before they had parted on the Flamingo she had given Ernest the name of the boardinghouse where the Carsons had made arrangements to stay , and he had promised to write to her the minute he and Charlotte arrived at their destination . |
| 30 | Have you told Bernard the story and he turned round and he said , who the fuck was it that you told her brother I 've seen Jason ! |