Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |
| 2 | there 's no problem there , erm , but because we do n't actually have a radio that gets us the World Service , the people did n't know what was going on , the only thing that we knew was that the air , because Riyadh is a military city |
| 3 | Well that tells you the voltage of the battery at that particular |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't see the pinkish glow that tells you the fire is ready , ’ Lucy said in agreement . |
| 5 | Acting , he told me , was ‘ a wonderful job that gives me the opportunity to drink with some really good friends in exotic places around the world ’ . |
| 6 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 7 | For some , in fact , this meeting may be the only evening out they have during the month ; and it is often the encouragement and moral support they get from the group that gives them the resolve to come at all . |
| 8 | Singleton has an astonishing three year deal with Columbia that gives him the freedom to make as many films as he can in that time . |
| 9 | Audrey Slaughter has led the sort of varied life that gives her the experience and understanding for dealing with SHE readers ' personal problems . |
| 10 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |
| 11 | I asked her , ‘ What is it that gives you the confidence to try things out ? ’ . |
| 12 | It 's the mountain water that gives it the taste . |
| 13 | And do you normally buy the software from the same person that sells you the computer ? |
| 14 | Oh it 's Pam that makes them the bother , not anybody else . |
| 15 | In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment . |
| 16 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 17 | What we do at the end of the year we have n't quite worked out , but we are very much committed to sharing child care and professional space if you like , but we are very privileged in that academic work allows one the flexibility to work in the hours that you find convenient and so on and allows you the flexibility to make this kind of family arrangement . |
| 18 | Courtship in the three-spined stickleback begins with a ‘ zigzag ’ display by the male ; if the female responds by showing a silvery egg-filled belly , the male leads her to his nest , and shows her the entrance . |
| 19 | He has a final interview with Miss Havisham , and forgives her the wrong she has done him in leading him on to believe that she was his benefactor . |
| 20 | Hewlett-Packard Co has now introduced its most powerful VMEbus board-level computer yet , and calls it the HP 9000 Model 742i . |
| 21 | These things always come along as a bit of an afterthought because they are never going to make as much money as the workstation version , but Hewlett-Packard Co has now introduced its most powerful VMEbus board-level computer yet , and calls it the HP 9000 Model 742i . |
| 22 | She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do . |
| 23 | Golf Illustrated 's lengthy accounts states ‘ difficulty after difficulty had to be surmounted , not with ease ’ and tells us the course had previously been partly arable , partly waste and that one professional condemned the prospects of the course unless £10,000 were spent on it . ’ |
| 24 | and tells us the car |
| 25 | For example , let's say an old lady with a walking stick approaches you in the High Street and asks you the way to the nearest public toilets . |
| 26 | He respects them , and gives them the freedom , as he did Isabella , to solve their own problems . |
| 27 | He takes somebody and gives them the work on the side . |
| 28 | It teaches them responsibility and gives them the chance to work as adults with other adults . ’ |
| 29 | The argument could far more plausibly be turned on its head : the ‘ latent function ’ of the operation of unofficial suspect categories may be to make the administration of ( in ) justice more efficient and ‘ rational ’ , which in turn institutionalizes these practices and gives them the status of ‘ due legal process ’ . |
| 30 | All comes from the Bible , which is offered to them as proof of the truth of what they are told , and gives them the impression that both extremes of behaviour are correct and righteous . |