Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must 've broken the other arm because the next day he had both arms in plaster . |
| 2 | And should n't you , you 've done the spare kitchen scissors good ! |
| 3 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 4 | Subconsciously , she must have sensed the potent effect he could have on her , an instinctive recognition of the dangerous power he would assume if once she had known his touch . |
| 5 | Although there is no evidence that Horace Walpole ( who died on 2 March 1797 ) ever attended College meetings it is pleasant to think that he may have formed the undiscovered link between Lord Camden and the as yet unlocated Veterinary College . |
| 6 | As already indicated , £20 — £39 embraced an assortment of yeomen , minor gentry , and lesser merchants and manufacturers who in towns , other than the biggest and most important , might well have formed the ruling elite . |
| 7 | In the meanwhile , the Constable bought in at Sotheby 's last month at £850,000 may have given the Principal pause for thought . |
| 8 | However , this suggestion would have given the combined group a market share in excess of 50 per cent of the British market , which would have fallen foul of the MMC guidelines . |
| 9 | This fell short , however , of the two-thirds majority in the 250-seat Supreme Soviet which would have given the Round Table a free hand to effect constitutional changes . |
| 10 | The solicitors for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council , which paid out £15,000 compensation to Veronica Bland , have confirmed that reports in the media may have given the false impression that such a relationship has been established . |
| 11 | Some may have given the wrong answer for reasons other than conceptual difficulty : making a slip , an arithmetic error , misreading or not being able to read the question , not trying and so on . |
| 12 | If all these bodies bore similar complements of volatiles then this homogeneous accretion ( of volatiles ) would have given the initial distribution in Figure 5.1(a) . |
| 13 | ‘ As no one could have foreseen the sharp fall in the base rate after Black Wednesday , it would have been impossible to predict that variable rates and the cost of fixed rate mortgages would have fallen so far . ’ |
| 14 | It is less sure that anyone in 1975 could have foreseen the dramatic increase in the demand for places in the ten years to follow . |
| 15 | At the trial of the action the plaintiff conceded that the defendants could not have foreseen the precise chain of events which led to the explosion . |
| 16 | You may have heard the horrific tale of the small boy who was painted from head to toe with a metallic-based substance for a carnival and who consequently died of respiratory failure . |
| 17 | The attentive listener present at the English coronation of Henry VI in 1429 would have heard the young king being exhorted to avenge injustices ( ‘ ulciscaris iniusta ’ ) and to be ‘ the powerful defender of his country … triumphant over the enemy ’ ( ‘ sit fortissimus protector patrie … triumphator hostium ’ ) . |
| 18 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 19 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 20 | If the hon. Gentleman had been in earlier , he would have heard the hon. Member for Harrow , East ( Mr. Dykes ) saying that last week he had attended a debate on this subject in the Bundestag . |
| 21 | The House will have heard the hon. Gentleman in his honest and decent way — the House respects his honesty — accepting with his opening word ’ nevertheless ’ that that is the implication of Labour 's defence policy . |
| 22 | Any other bird would have flown the other way . |
| 23 | The issues appeared in different proportions at Rome and at Canterbury , but no one was inclined to minimize the importance of the Canterbury claim — and rightly , for the concession of a primacy such as Lanfranc and Anselm desired would have altered the future government of the medieval Church more than any concessions in the matter of investitures . |
| 24 | The Hammonds , intent on fraud , certainly would not have explained the proposed sale transaction to Mrs. Steed . |
| 25 | It was probable he did not realize the police had the letter and he might not have guessed the true reason the typewriters had been borrowed . |
| 26 | " You should have joined the diplomatic service ! |
| 27 | ONLY a Satanic mind could have placed the death-dealing bomb at the hospital , said Alliance deputy leader Seamus Close . |
| 28 | Mike Brearley , the subsequent England captain and a Cambridge graduate with a distinctly academic turn of mind , was revealing in his reasons for turning down the offer , which would have overturned the historical structure of international cricket : ‘ Money apart , Kerry Packer is not my style . |
| 29 | Only the French could have developed the coordinated look of Rodier Hommes . |
| 30 | Only the French could have developed the coordinated look of Rodier Hommes . |