Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of dressing , that her hair doth lie |
| 2 | March wind doth blow for some time to come , according to the coastguard , and believe me it blows hellish hard round Gullholm . ’ |
| 3 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 4 | The stranger let go and quickly thumbed through a small black book he had taken from his belt . |
| 5 | Their action let stand a decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond , Virginia , that property lost at sea can be abandoned only through the failure of insurers to appear in court or through a written statement relinquishing title . |
| 6 | The murder helped prove a new science and became the plot in a detective novel . |
| 7 | There were also fears that Japan planned to do just what America does : use defence spending and research to help build a civil aerospace industry , and thus beat Boeing . |
| 8 | The principal objective of this project is to carry out research to help build an intelligent geographical database system . |
| 9 | It has also declared its intention to help develop new environmental industries . |
| 10 | The Director of the State Historical Library plans to invite German specialists to Moscow in the near future to help sort out the holdings and to decide the fate of the books . |
| 11 | In addition to this , pruning and training are vital functions in the cultivation of the vine to help maintain the purity of its fruiting stock . |
| 12 | Rather , it is efficient to deliberately introduce a new distortion to the film industry to help counterbalance the inevitable distortion in the meals industry . |
| 13 | THE Chancellor is ploughing £4 billion into industry to help pull it out of the doldrums . |
| 14 | This would include annual advances ( although not as large as in the previous situation ) , access to a recording studio for making demos , and involvement with the publisher 's various contacts in the music industry to help secure a record deal . |
| 15 | The company , established 25 years ago , received a £120,000 grant from the Department of Trade and Industry to help finance the new investment . |
| 16 | There was no break in the uniformity ; no landmark to help pinpoint her position . |
| 17 | Unicef is implementing a programme to help prepare teachers to cope with these added problems in the classroom , and the government itself is to include ‘ rehabilitation ’ as an aspect of the training of teachers . |
| 18 | At Level Three the student will identify personal and social development goals in relation to community involvement and arrange a programme to help achieve these goals , working independently . |
| 19 | As he told Wolf he saw the mission 's task ‘ as one of formulating a constructive program of aid to help prevent in Southeast Asia a repetition of the circumstances leading to the fall of China ’ . |
| 20 | Brazil is to receive US$250 million worth of international aid to help conserve the Amazon forest . |
| 21 | The offer to close down the reactors was conditional on the receipt of economic aid to help modernize Bulgaria 's nuclear industry , which supplied over one-third of the country 's electricity requirements . |
| 22 | Eva and her emergency team were amongst the first on the scene taking in food and clothing , and assessing the need for financial aid to help rebuild the shattered homes and schools . |
| 23 | He was particularly impressed by his treatment of Verdun : although bishop Desideratus had been exiled by Theudebert , he asked the king for financial aid to help restore his city . |
| 24 | King Moshoeshoe , prior to his removal from power , had paid a two-day state visit to Zimbabwe on Oct. 28-29 , 1989 , during which he appealed for aid to help reduce Lesotho 's economic dependence on South Africa . |
| 25 | The charity 's director David Bryer says by cutting Third World aid to help reduce public spending , the Government would be cutting off it 's nose to spite it 's face . |
| 26 | Chinese Vice-Premier Tian Jiyun visited Japan from Dec. 2-11 , when he requested additional aid to help strengthen China 's agricultural sector . |
| 27 | The pilot study helped identify specific areas that restricted my practice and therefore limited my effectiveness |
| 28 | Other stars have donated items for auction to help buy a dialysis machine for their local hospital , but Elton 's gift was a surprise . |
| 29 | Fitting over front and bottom cowls of most engines and twins , ‘ No Nest Net ’ needs no airframe fixtures to install , and its smooth mesh allows natural air circulation to help prevent moisture build-up . |
| 30 | Venables who has attempted to keep a low profile , hoping not to give the book credence , will point out that he invested £3½ million , and many hours of his day to seize control of the club , when his successful takeover bid helped solve Tottenham 's financial problems , and oust Scholar as a consequence . |