Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This result of this case has given us hope and will give us confidence in bringing more investigations to the fore . |
| 2 | ‘ The case has given us confidence in bringing more investigations to the fore , ’ said Mr Fox . |
| 3 | Dehomosexualisation of AIDS has cost us dear , in both our caring and our campaigning . |
| 4 | The study has helped me focus on my strengths and weaknesses in the management of the school and hopefully will encourage me to respond appropriately . |
| 5 | Jeff had told her Silvia was nineteen , only four years younger than herself . |
| 6 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 7 | He had asked to be transferred , but his club had given him notice of retention and refused to release him . |
| 8 | The walls of his cell had given him nightmares . |
| 9 | It seemed mah lover had left me 'gain Oh I |
| 10 | Adam only wished Uncle Hilbert had left him Wyvis Hall and then there would have been no Ecalpemos , no Zosie , and no deaths . |
| 11 | Owning the Parrot had given them status . |
| 12 | The long ridge to their left looked particularly bleak and lifeless , the heavy clay sitting solidly in the ridges where the plough had left it months before , no trace of last year 's crop , nothing to indicate that this was good cereal country . |
| 13 | The rain and the wind had done them damage . |
| 14 | And and what I 've got in front of me , David Lock , what I 've got in front of me is is erm , and I know David 's got it David Allenby 's got it as well , is the er paper from Harrogate 's Economic Development Officer to his Economic Development Sub-Committee , and it 's gone all the way through the process now and through the main council , where he has to answer that very question and I could n't put it better . |
| 15 | Her love for her child has given him comfort and helped him forget his pain . |
| 16 | Eventually Friedmaier is captured by the occupying forces , tortured and killed , but not before his silent suffering has earned him redemption . |
| 17 | The siege has given them publicity for their ideas , of course , but what they really want , to save Liam 's life , is something quite different . |
| 18 | I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh . |
| 19 | Only after his accession did Richard seek to exploit Morgan 's Welsh connections , and by then Morgan 's private interests had shifted firmly to the south of England , where marriage had brought him land in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 20 | Only after his accession did Richard seek to exploit Morgan 's Welsh connections , and by then Morgan 's private interests had shifted firmly to the south of England , where marriage had brought him land in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 21 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 22 | Adam had put henna on his hair and that and the sun had turned it reddish-gold . |
| 23 | A year in Milan , Italy 's great fashion centre , had sounded close to perfect — at least , that was how the woman who 'd interviewed her at International Models had made it sound . |
| 24 | Gentle , flower-scented winds had blown them south . |
| 25 | Eva had left her £350,000 house overlooking the sea at Rottingdean , Sussex , in the care of a man who claimed to be a solicitor while she went to look after her 85-year-old mother in Czechoslovakia . |
| 26 | Like all outsiders , he was automatically a focus for suspicion , and his casual dismissal of the Manchester plan had gained him enemies . |
| 27 | Whatever Hyde had told him moments before had obviously terrified him . |
| 28 | As an ex-hurler , he preferred football , but Uncle Mick had dragged him time and time again to see his own beloved New York Giants . |
| 29 | And since then Ratagan had hardly said a civil word to his wife , though she looked at him almost imploringly at times , and Riven had seen him gaze at her when her head was turned , brow creased in pain . |
| 30 | She had been so pleased when Dr. Briant had suggested she lunch with him in the medical staff dining room , aching as she was to get away for a while at least from the uncomfortable atmosphere of the Maternity Ward . |