Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 2 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
| 3 | ‘ I had n't considered you ready for the council yet , ’ said Frick , when Schiller had finished . |
| 4 | And finally , Oxfordshire waterskier Shelley Nutt 's sparkling talent to twist and turn has earned her one of the sport 's top honours . |
| 5 | But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man . |
| 6 | Look , I 've booked us all into the Italian place round the corner . |
| 7 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 8 | Tremayne would doubtless have lent me some of the quarter-advance due at the end of the month but my lack was my own choice , and as long as I could survive as I was , I would n't ask . |
| 9 | My close friendship with Pearn had made me aware of the work that he had put into that assistance . |
| 10 | It 's also made me aware of the responsibilities involved in leading other people in bad situations — but I will tackle mountains again and I will go to camp again . |
| 11 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
| 12 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |
| 13 | For most schools , there is nothing new about this thinking : TVEI has already made them familiar with the concepts of cross-curricular dimensions ( such as equal opportunities , independent learning ) skills and competences ( such as literacy , oracy , numeracy , computer literacy , and the less obvious visual literacy ) and themes ( such as health education , careers education and guidance , environmental and economic education and — increasingly — citizenship ) . |
| 14 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 15 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 16 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 17 | By mixing Redgra with shale , Oxford 's neighbours Swindon have made theirs one of the best tracks in the country . |
| 18 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
| 19 | His brother has lent him some for the time being , but Mr Szuluk says without proper clothes , he ca n't get a job . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In his memoirs he admitted that he had secretly aspired to it for decades , but had not pressed the issue for tactical reasons ( because it would have made him vulnerable to the charge of Bonapartism and perhaps also , as Debré argued in his memoirs , because popular election of the president in the circumstances of 1958 would have placed a majority of votes in the hands of the peoples of the French Community ) . |
| 28 | Fleischmann said that one of the referees had said that it was nonsense and that the reaction of this referee had made him nervous about the validity of their experiment . |
| 29 | Whisky had made him heavy in the torso and puffed up his face so that the true features were blurred , as if permanently in shadow . |
| 30 | About the time this match took place , Tonks was in the IRB meeting room alongside the French delegate and was not impressed that they had not made him aware of the game — if they in fact knew about it . |