Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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1 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
2 | He care for the whole of mankind and has given us in the Bible a guide-book by which to live . |
3 | He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex . |
4 | But it is obvious that the sentences form part of some larger act of conversational interaction between two speakers ; the sentences contain several references that presuppose shared knowledge ( e.g. ‘ that meeting ’ implies that both speakers know which meeting is being spoken about ) , and in some cases the meaning of a sentence can only be correctly interpreted in the light of knowledge of what has preceded it in the conversation ( e.g. ‘ You ca n't be sure ’ ) . |
5 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
6 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
7 | He has offered madness in the form of a minute ; she has accepted it in the form of an examination answer . |
8 | To that extent it does not matter in principle whether the individuals are described in a particular society as ‘ upper class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ lower class ’ , or whether the society is rural or urban : it is a universal that all individuals in all societies have contacts with other individuals ( even the exceptional case — say , a hermit — has occasional societal contacts or has had them in the past , and ‘ isolates ’ are special cases ) . |
9 | ‘ The City is certainly more inclined to look kindly on the film trade than before , and thus a considerable weight that has handicapped us in the past is removed ’ , remarked John Maxwell , as he launched British International Pictures ( BIP ) as a public company with interests in production , exhibition and distribution . |
10 | Store has got it in the can |
11 | But Mrs Thatcher has told him in the Commons the Government 's not to blame : |
12 | Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ . |
13 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
14 | No other wave since has deposited him in the river . |
15 | So a new ball Lewis This his third chance Stone has found him in the end . |
16 | Sergeant Bragg remembered that your friend Aubrey Rivington has assisted us in the Past — through your good offices . |
17 | When he reached the hut Ariel had built , he found Kit Everard asleep on the threshold , curled up like a worm when a hoe has struck it in the earth , rust-pink and grimacing with his whole body , as if in pain . |
18 | It has put us in the position of villains , whereas the Secretary of State is the villain because he will not pay . |
19 | But the local council has put it in the highest council tax band — for houses worth at least three hundred thousand pounds . |
20 | ‘ She looks like someone has punched her in the mouth , ’ said one pal . |
21 | The dual Oaks runner-up is not at her best on soft ground and trainer Michael Kauntze has left her in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday . |
22 | She does n't do anything special to look after the distinctive voice which has kept her in the music business for an astonishing 33 years . |
23 | Only Pears ’ consistency has kept him in the background . ’ |
24 | Only Pears ’ consistency has kept him in the background . ’ |
25 | ‘ Angry though he 's made me in the past , he is a good lad . |
26 | We 've got it in , Geoff 's got it in the car we 're gon na try again on the way home . |
27 | Paul 's got it in the bowl , in a , in a , on a bowl ? |
28 | It may be no time at all before he 's got you in the racket . |
29 | At least it 's worth a celebration cigar and not just for Arthur Daley , Britain 's beat known comedy Crook , but for the man who 's played him in the Minder series George Cole , although he reckons Arthur would be knocking out replicas already . |
30 | And it 's stuck it in the paper somewhere that er Branson has given money and er oh you know lots of other people in big business have given money . |