Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the local [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Guild consists of around 140 writers and winning projects have to be environmentally sound as well as contributing something to the local economy . |
| 2 | Blood tests revealed Louise 's haemoglobin level was down and doctors referred her to the local hospital . |
| 3 | He helped everybody in the local community . |
| 4 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 5 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 6 | If so , why not draft a press release and send it to the local press describing their achievements ? |
| 7 | Perhaps it is too radical and imaginative a suggestion , but has anyone in the local government structure of Suffolk looked beyond their plans to build houses on Ipswich Airport and considered what a fine civil airport for the county either of the two unwanted RAF airfields might make ? |
| 8 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 9 | There he flung himself into the local setting with characteristic abandon and commitment , participating in the daily round of village life with an eagerness and zest which he attributed partly to his Polish temperament ; there he established standards of meticulous and painstaking observation and inquiry which have been an inspiration to social anthropologists ever since . |
| 10 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 11 | An armed gang of fans of Umtata Bucks surrounded Da Silva 's house in Umtata , ordered him and his family to pack their bags , drove them to the local airport , gave them tickets and cash and forced them aboard a Johannesburg-bound flight . |
| 12 | After a dry tour , the brewery directed them to the local pub — which sells a RIVAL brew . |
| 13 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The landlord collects the charge on the basis of the number of days a person has been resident and passes it to the local authority . |
| 16 | They had bought them in the local sex shop in the hope of saving the money they would normally spend on E. So what were they like ? |
| 17 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |
| 18 | The Centre is a joint venture between the Livingston Development Corp , a government-funded body set up in 1962 to develop new towns — this organisation provides Centre users with in-house advice on marketing and introduces them to the local information technology and software community ; Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd , a local enterprise company that provides training , commercial validation of business plans and advice on possible avenues to funding , such as venture capital ; and the Scottish Enterprise Software Group , which offers technical and product evaluation . |
| 19 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
| 20 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 21 | And they believe someone in the local community is hiding the killer . |
| 22 | That younger element , are doing something for the local community . |
| 23 | Find her through the local authority . |
| 24 | Two years after they had been married , Elinor had suddenly , mysteriously , developed a weakness in her legs , and Henry , who , equally mysteriously , in those days was n't trying to kill her , had hurried her to the local hospital where the doctors had diagnosed — wait for it — polyneuritis . |
| 25 | When , some time later , one appeared , Owen handed the youth over to him with strict instructions to keep him in the local caracol until Owen would question him . |
| 26 | The local East Midlands electricity board could take power generated at Corby and feed it into the local grid . |
| 27 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 28 | Betty Hawkes took her to the local hop that evening , where they danced to the strict tempo of Victor Sylvester records : a very different world to the music of Miller and Goodman and Basie that she 'd jived to in the States . |
| 29 | After he had been withdrawn or expelled from St John 's College , Grace sent him to the local government school , Highlands North . |
| 30 | On the other hand , those newcomers who wish to ‘ belong ’ may try to ingratiate themselves with the local population , sometimes — because of their misconceived expectations of village life — with disappointing results . |