Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 2 | Each new member of staff receives a five page letter from Mr Nitschke explaining what the hotel is about and he still attends the induction programme each Monday morning . |
| 3 | I , however was lost in a daydream wondering what the Queen would be like . |
| 4 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 5 | In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers . |
| 6 | Some of these patriarchs grow magnificent beards and moustaches , the whole effect giving them the appearance of an Old Testament prophet . |
| 7 | The commission arrangement should n't leave either side resenting what the other is getting . |
| 8 | They landed at Inverkeithing and made their way up the cliffs , the summer sun warming their backs , past Aberdour onto Kinghorn Ness , Corbett showing them the place King Alexander III allegedly fell , before going down the path to the royal manor . |
| 9 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 10 | Aunt Maggie videoing you the re-match ? |
| 11 | ‘ did proceed across ( or along ) the carriageway ’ This point is proved by the officer or warden describing what the defendant did to contravene the signal as at point 2 above . |
| 12 | The corporate ideology is public service broadcasting : this entails the provider deciding what the purchaser ought to listen to or watch , rather than being led by the latter 's clear preference . |
| 13 | ‘ residential occupier , ’ in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 14 | 1 ( 1 ) In this section " residential occupier " , in relation to any premises , means a person occupying the premises as a residence , whether under a contract or by virtue of any enactment or rule of law giving him the right to remain in occupation or restricting the right of any other person to recover possession of the premises . |
| 15 | Police spokesman Martin Wallwork said : ‘ In police stations civilians will do the duties of officers who man the front desk giving us the opportunity to redeploy them on the streets . ’ |
| 16 | Acutely embarrassed by this unexpected disclosure , the British government hastily added a clause to the 1911 Official Secrets Act giving it the right to see copies of all cables if an emergency existed . |
| 17 | I think its fairly unanimous that if any department needs improving its the defence . |
| 18 | In the same period a peasant group calling itself the Union of the True was also advocating opposition to taxes . |
| 19 | The situation was complicated by the actions of other armed groups , possibly dissident units of the Jungle Commando , including the seizure on Oct. 13 of the bauxite mining town of Moengo , 100 km east of Paramaribo , by a group calling itself the Union for Liberation and Democracy , and by the growing involvement of both rebel and Army-backed groups in the production and trafficking of illegal drugs , particularly cocaine . |
| 20 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
| 21 | Not sure whether this was a good move giving him the job . |
| 22 | Timelord also has a document database where you can index all your text files wherever they are on your hard disk giving you the ability to search and browse with the built in report viewer . |
| 23 | Timelord also has a document database where you can index all your text files wherever they are on your hard disk giving you the ability to search and browse with the built in report viewer . |
| 24 | Where the wife has sustained serious injury , then there is a strong case in favour of the investigative process continuing whatever the wife decides . |
| 25 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 26 | ‘ 'Ere , have a go , ’ said Tom handing him the fork . |
| 27 | Eurotunnel should now produce calculations showing what the effect would be if the Safety Authority were to insist on segregation . |
| 28 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 29 | The police were reported on July 17 to have arrested a total of 31 people in the capital Port-au-Prince and in the town of Gonaives and to have seized a warehouse full of " homemade " weapons following what the government described as a " conspiracy against the internal security of the state " by former members of the Tontons Macoutes . |
| 30 | Never a mention of the one who spent many an hour teaching him the way of things . |