Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [pron] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | You need to know either the landlord or the tenant and , more important , he needs to know you before he can be expected to grant you the right to work on his land . |
| 4 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 5 | All the holidays in this brochure are specially designed to give you the chance to see Italy as we see it , to experience the truly unique character , the natural beauty and the very varied flavours found throughout our country . |
| 6 | Although you may be perfectly entitled to take others to task and even issue a number of ultimatums , you ought to be more concerned with plans designed to give you the kind of personal or professional recognition you seek and deserve . |
| 7 | The Valor Revue is designed to give you the features you need for perfect results in the kitchen . |
| 8 | I would n't have considered giving you the job if my friend Lord Coleworthy had n't recommended you so highly . |
| 9 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 10 | Clinton was expected to declare himself the winner at 4am British time , even before some polls on the west coast closed . |
| 11 | Her mother had not noticed the incident and only turned to see what the matter was when Joyce began to scream . |
| 12 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 13 | In Brutus v. Cozens , the House declined to attempt to define what is meant by insulting , and later courts have not sought to do what the House would not , although they have sought to give guidance as to what the term might mean . |
| 14 | Well , the point was as I recollect it , er that my understanding as far as the County Council 's case was concerned , was that er the village was not inset for E Ten purposes , it was inset to recognize what the County perceived as the physical reality of this being a substantial built-up area which fulfilled no greenbelt functions . |
| 15 | Piper had started using Red Indian names for its aircraft and when it inherited the ‘ poor man 's Dakota ’ from Stinson the double fin and rudder layout was replaced with a single one and it was decided to call it the Apache . |
| 16 | At St Martin 's School of Art , where they 'd met three years previously , they had already decided to make themselves the subject of their art . |
| 17 | Then the letter containing the promise declared on is said to specify what the assistance would be , namely , £150 per annum during the uncle 's life , and until the plaintiffs professional income should be acknowledged by him to exceed 600 guineas ; and a further averment , that the plaintiff , relying upon his promise , without any revocation on the part of the uncle , did marry Ellen Nicholl . |
| 18 | Test the kitchen cold tap fully opened to see what the flow and pressure is like . |
| 19 | With some pottery , chemical analysis can also be used to discover what the pottery vessel may have once contained or have been used for . |
| 20 | You have n't got one y know , quite cheap just mats that they they ah I 've got forgotten what the word is for it they make the mouse improves the performance of the mouse see |
| 21 | You 've got to know what the time |
| 22 | in order to get them , in order to get them to come , surely you 've got to sell them the idea that they 're going to get something useful out of it |
| 23 | Australian businessman Alan Bond shot to international prominence when it was revealed that Sotheby 's had lent him the money to purchase van Gogh 's $53.9 million ‘ Irises ’ . |
| 24 | I erm got , check you 've got two days , you 've got give me the estimate , it 's got to be on because she 's expecting it to be done straight away on the computer and sent . |
| 25 | SunSoft Inc has reportedly moved up its Solaris 2.1 symmetric multi-processing announcement : we 're now told to expect it the week of November 2 . |
| 26 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 27 | Notwithstanding the welcome opportunity to see the work of this distinguished artist , I was left with the depressing realisation that when one compares the contribution of the women artists with that of the men one sees that the women artist has had to deny herself the luxury of exploring and depicting those ‘ strange developments ’ that exploit humour as well as horror , and which ultimately liberate artist and viewer alike . |
| 28 | We have to be fair , we 've got to give them the compensation . |
| 29 | The campaign is needed to fight what the People 's Daily says is ‘ a struggle between socialist and capitalist ideologies ’ . |
| 30 | I feel that everything I have mentioned in this article is part of good mathematical teaching practice , e.g. that all young children should be allowed to formulate mathematical ideas in familiar language , that all children should be regarded as potential learners and that parents should be helped to understand what the school is trying to achieve . |