Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And get called chicken by the expert .
2 When you 've stared death in the face , everything after that is a bonus . ’
3 You 're afraid to trust — you 've erected barriers against the world , Shannon Lea .
4 The Land Rover does n't belong to me and I 've got to make sure that those who 've given money to the trust do n't have it wasted . ’
5 We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh .
6 We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh .
7 Claims lawyer Leslie Perrin is wading through more than a hundred cases of people who say they 've fallen victim to the virulent chryptosporidium bug and he believes that 's just a small percentage of the number who could eventually seek damages .
8 I 've heard members from the other side say money does n't matter this is democracy .
9 ‘ I expect you 've heard rumours about the purpose-built radio station that 's been planned .
10 I 've heard rumours round the place that Philip does n't like his boy .
11 We 've lifted squares of the snow like turves
12 hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade …
13 Bon Jovi never did dirty their songs with real spunk , anger or despair , on in fact any emotion that was n't packaged up in stadium size , third-hand slogans with melodies so open and bare they sound as if they 've caught sunstroke in the New Jersey heat , and nothing 's changed .
14 They 've earned success on the back of prudent and adequate investment in a high skill level — the factor which decides above all else where you come to rest on the continuum from the under-developed third world economies , to the high performing advanced nations .
15 ‘ They 've done studies on the criminal classes in Paris , Sergeant , and have discovered a remarkable correlation between — ’
16 We 've had at least two sackfuls in under a week , and we 've done follow-ups on the strength of a lot less than that . ’
17 Oh , well she rang up , I 've seen Christopher in the catalogue
18 To date , we 've seen Rome from the Air , Venice from the Air , Florence from the Air , with Thames & Hudson releasing Egypt from the Air and Tuscany from the Air .
19 I 've seen Swindon on the television in Holland .
20 ‘ They 've seen Doctor In The House images — all work , and medical textbooks being pored over .
21 I 've seen photographs of the ploughing match in Berry .
22 We 've seen flashes of the old Liverpool but all too often they 've fallen below acceptable standards and that 's the problem — their consistency has gone and that was always their hallmark .
23 I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’
24 Yes but of of course we 've got a number of estates er around the Mansfield er but we have made inquiries we 've er er we 've made appeals through the press and the radio as you well know .
25 Congress will recall that over the years I 've made references to the close working relationship , which was developing between G M B and our German colleagues .
26 We 've averaged statistics on the windy season from three resorts over the last six years .
27 Marina Cantacuzino meets three men who 've sought help on the therapist 's couch .
28 I 've got potatoes in the main meal , like chicken and potatoes or something .
29 Right so if you put the number in front , it 's as though you 've got brackets around the whole lot .
30 I 've got work in the morning , ’ Maggie said .
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