Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 2 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 3 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 4 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 5 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 6 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 7 | Here , Pip has realised what a disaster he is and he has been hit by hard consequences as a result of his greediness . |
| 8 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
| 9 | A civil servant by day he has given himself a mission : to show the rest of the world just what can be done in a glider . |
| 10 | Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees . |
| 11 | The Red Cross has given him a Care award backed by the Princess Of Wales . |
| 12 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 13 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 14 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 15 | Tom Jones says that Central has given him the opportunity to do a musical show which no-one else is doing . |
| 16 | The simplicity of his later work — he died on Christmas Day in 1983 — has given him the reputation of being a spontaneous artist . |
| 17 | ‘ The nature garden has given everyone a lift and will be somewhere that the children can enjoy . ’ |
| 18 | The camcorder has given everyone the chance to star in their own home movies . |
| 19 | Her course teacher has given her a reading list , and the library staff are good at helping students with all sorts of interests . |
| 20 | ‘ It has given her a head start over everyone else and trained her in the art of being able to look after herself . |
| 21 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 22 | However , her position as Treasury spokesperson has given her an excuse to stick doggedly to her brief . |
| 23 | The gentleman who was impressed by Leapor 's poems has given her an occasion to debunk any notion that intellectual or personal worth can be judged from physical appearance . |
| 24 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 25 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 26 | ‘ Karl has given me no indication that he wants to leave and Paul Dixon is the only player they have got who is good enough to get in my side . |
| 27 | ‘ This Budget has given me no confidence to spend whatsoever , ’ Mr Ingram said . |
| 28 | Rugby has given me a life , it 's given me everything . |
| 29 | When asked what effect this has on his paintings , he replies , ‘ I feel like an Irish outsider , which has given me a neutrality of vision . |
| 30 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |