Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what he thought had happened inside his head , for those at the hospital who were supposed to know told him the brain scan showed nothing untoward . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , owing to some inexplicable negligence , ’ — he sighed and shook his head — ‘ they seem to have given us the slip . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think she ought … to have told him the truth — or else refused him … |
| 4 | At Balliol , where the prevailing Broad Church theology was quite counter to his own , he studied with a succession of brilliant tutors , who recognized the independent , unconventional cast of his mind ; Benjamin Jowett [ q.v. ] was reputed ( probably wrongly ) to have called him the star of Balliol . |
| 5 | Erm , it does seem to be something of a contradiction in terms there , and in fact Mr Lock is n't here today because his clients have subsequently withdrawn from the er E I P but er it would have been interesting to have asked him the question . |
| 6 | Some Tory loyalist backbenchers said last night that this episode could not be compared to the attack on Mrs Thatcher by the then Sir Geoffrey Howe , which is acknowledged to have cost her the keys to No. 10 . |