Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | And the prophecy of Isaiah 61 : 1 , ‘ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , for he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor … ’ stands in Luke 's Gospel ( 4:18 ) , as a beacon shedding light over the whole of his ministry . |
| 3 | He says his only reason for deciding to kill Caesar was that he had committed himself to help the general public . |
| 4 | ‘ But , ’ he went on inexorably , ‘ I had n't expected you to achieve the desired result in one short morning in a strange city . |
| 5 | So , once again , having committed itself to support the fictional or , at most , ‘ evolutionary ’ independence of Vietnam , the US was just as dependent as ever on France to make this vision a reality . |
| 6 | Cornelius signalled by a flicker of one eyebrow that he knew Harry had expected him to say the exact reverse . |
| 7 | No one had expected him to survive a massive cerebral haemorrhage |
| 8 | The mounting and hinging of these three bones , by the way , is exactly as a hi-fi engineer might have designed it to serve a necessary " impedance-matching " function , but that is another story . |
| 9 | The company had expected it to show a quantifiable benefit by reducing absenteeism and labour turnover , and by easing the production control difficulties caused by the inflexibilities of the line system . |
| 10 | ‘ He ca n't really have expected anyone to produce a thousand in cash on a Sat — ’ |
| 11 | Sitting up had done nothing to relieve the cramping agony inside me . |
| 12 | It 's done nothing to tackle the short-term nature of the market in energy . |
| 13 | It 's done nothing to tackle the desperate need for a balanced energy policy that looks at the long-term needs of the country . |
| 14 | The approach of winter has done nothing to create an official feeling of urgency . |
| 15 | Can I also add that it will also instigate centrally determined policing policies , very much akin to other government policies , particularly economic policies which have , as yet , done nothing to address the underlying causes of crime and there are fears and I 'm quoting here from the er the response made by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities , the Association of County Councils and the Association of District Councils that it could lead to a national Police force . |
| 16 | In quoting this extract twelve years later , the Report of the Inquiry into Prison Disturbances by Lord Justice Woolf found that the management changes which had taken place since 1979 had done nothing to reduce the deep-felt sense of dissatisfaction , and that in many establishments there was a strong feeling of distrust of headquarters . |
| 17 | I 've selected you to join the Key Party . ’ |
| 18 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |
| 19 | What was worse , wearing it had obliged him to fasten the top button of his shirt , an exercise which had drawn his attention to an extra half inch of fat his neck had gained since the last such occasion . |
| 20 | In December 1855 , he had instructed him to design a large extension to the Ordnance Office in Pall Mall to form a new War Department . |
| 21 | Nor , significantly , in the realm of religion does Jesus appear to have done anything to counter the inferior position in which women were placed . |
| 22 | Neither he nor the exiles have done anything to help the starving people who wander the streets of the capital , Monrovia , looking for food and a future . |
| 23 | I have not been happy with my lateral movement and Pepe has helped me to rediscover the sweet science . ’ |
| 24 | They were afraid to ta but if they 'd had that if they 'd told me to provide an extra coach for the Manchester as I was suggesting , Dougie would have come out and taken strips off them for You see . |
| 25 | The perplexing thing was that Bella , whom he had now nerved himself to telephone every other evening with news of Sam , seemed not to mind the untenable situation particularly and had taken up the flute . |
| 26 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 27 | Got her to do the dirty work for for free ! |
| 28 | Brunel had also commissioned him to prepare an abortive scheme for him for a house at Watcombe in 1851 . |
| 29 | When they had eventually managed to get him out of the house he 'd helped her to carry the remaining dishes from the dining-room , a thing he never did . |
| 30 | Cissie had a love of reading , especially since Beth had helped her to master the longer words that she had never really understood . |