Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by . |
| 2 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 3 | And a performance that helped make him the Queen Mum 's favourite . |
| 4 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 5 | Or to put it another way , let us see how badly Miss Honey has taught you the three-times table . ’ |
| 6 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 7 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 8 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 9 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 10 | Tom Jones says that Central has given him the opportunity to do a musical show which no-one else is doing . |
| 11 | The simplicity of his later work — he died on Christmas Day in 1983 — has given him the reputation of being a spontaneous artist . |
| 12 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 13 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 14 | I have not done anything to earn it , but God has given me the Spirit and accepted me into his family ; and he means me to know that I belong . ’ |
| 15 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 16 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 17 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 18 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 19 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 20 | Keyhole cockpits are now almost universal but high density polyethylene is still unique to Prijon and has given them the edge in plastic white water kayak design . |
| 21 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |
| 22 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary has given them the figures on investment in this country and they are rather good . |
| 23 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 24 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 25 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 26 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 28 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 29 | But through the Spirit , God has given us the ability to fulfil those requirements . |
| 30 | God means us to know that we are in Christ , and has given us the Spirit to assure us . |