Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Centralizing revenue collection and publishing the empire 's accounts had won Reitern the respect of financial experts , but had not done much to earn him the applause of the community at large . |
| 2 | I did n't feel it was sensible to er , get Monica going through that too many stages , it would seem to me it would better to agree the changes and then we 'd all agreed what the changes are going to be get Monica to do it , rather than go through lots of drafts , drafts with Monica . |
| 3 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 4 | He might have saved her from Jem , but did that give him the right to such a ruthless inquisition ? |
| 5 | Did that make her the same as Amelia as the others ? |
| 6 | I think that makes it the best of the season at Filbert Street . |
| 7 | Nor did this do him the least harm in his relations with the police . |
| 8 | D. H. You have said that your family moved in and out of illness : did this give you the position to turn breast cancer and person-centred health issues into political photography ? |
| 9 | And because I was drunk and ca n't remember anything about my ordeal , does that give him the right to do what he did to me ? |
| 10 | Does that give you the same answer ? |
| 11 | ‘ Does that make him the murderer ? ’ whispered Alice in an aside to Alfred . |
| 12 | Firstly , there was the bare fact that two London East Enders , both of whom had left school at fifteen and were quite untutored in writing , had felt so passionately about their situation that , in different prisons and unknown to each other , they had each set themselves the daunting task of writing the equivalent of full-length books . |
| 13 | Does this give us the clue we need ? |
| 14 | Does this give us the answer we need ? |
| 15 | But does this make them the future of rock ‘ n ’ roll ? |
| 16 | Some would say this made him the ideal publisher of a newspaper . |
| 17 | I 'll just once more track , do n't say all give you the best possible advice . |