Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | When Faraway Moses , who was once Count St Sylvain and a Black Rider , is captured and imprisoned , Jasper the Terrible , who has made himself responsible for the boy in his own household , offers to release the man who has become like a father to Dick if he will reveal the names of the other Confederates . |
| 32 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 33 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 34 | The youngest son came to the totem , to Tallis , and straightened her after the blizzard had made her lean to the left . |
| 35 | No reports of flounder from the Nawddach estuary which has probably seen its worst for the species for more than ten years . |
| 36 | Irritated by Viola 's habit of slipping into cliches from the West End plays of her youth every time feeling was called for , Greg said : ‘ You 'd seen her earlier in the evening , had n't you ? ’ |
| 37 | He had hardly ever seen her naked since the first days of their marriage , and she had n't been anxious to show herself even then . |
| 38 | ‘ I 've turned her loose in the hotel boutique , ’ Roman murmured , ‘ so she wo n't want either of us for some time . ’ |
| 39 | By mixing Redgra with shale , Oxford 's neighbours Swindon have made theirs one of the best tracks in the country . |
| 40 | Then the goat had made itself evident in the warm air . |
| 41 | Not only Euclid , but Galileo too , had grown something worthwhile from the seeds of natural reason . |
| 42 | ‘ Men have authority over women because Allah has made one superior to the other , and because they spend their wealth to maintain them ’ says the Koran . |
| 43 | After a while he said slowly , ‘ I see that you too have noticed something strange about the picture . |
| 44 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 45 | The police want to talk to anyone who may have seen something suspicious near the school on Sunday afternoon when the fire occurred . |
| 46 | ‘ No-one 's supposed to know what it means — most people think we 've done something odd with the word tartan . ’ |
| 47 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 48 | The development of science and education has done something similar in the development of mankind , and is more successful than religions in providing real gains in the external world , because its image of the external world is more accurate than those which are based on religious notions . |
| 49 | They had also done something terrible to the boiler , and discovered dry rot in the airing-cupboard . |
| 50 | right so I mean there 's , there 's obviously more need to be thought through on that and the video I have n't , oh I have done something more about the video |
| 51 | ‘ Go and see who it is , will you , there 's a duck , ’ requested Constance , who had just made herself comfortable on the swinging seat . |
| 52 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
| 53 | His brother has lent him some for the time being , but Mr Szuluk says without proper clothes , he ca n't get a job . |
| 54 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 55 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 56 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 57 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
| 58 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 59 | A hugely impressive return of eight goals from just 11 games is a true reflection of his amazing turnaround and it has already made him one of the buys of the season , even at that sizeable price tag . |
| 60 | Televised Saturday successes in the Golden Spurs Handicap Chase at Doncaster , Sandown 's Scilly Isles Novices ' Chase and the Arlington Final at Newbury have made him one of the most popular finds of the season among the nation 's punters . |