Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] an [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one terrible shelling early in the battle when human entrails were to be seen dangling in the branches of a tree and a ‘ torso , without head , without arms , without legs , stuck to the trunk of a tree , flattened and opened , ’ Dubrulle recalls ‘ how I implored God to put an end to these indignities . |
| 2 | East Anglia also expects to do well and that seems to er stock numbers indicate an end to de-stocking in East Anglia and that being the explanation . |
| 3 | It was common especially with labouring poets to make an appeal to readers ' charitable instincts ; therefore , it was necessary to present the author as one of the deserving poor . |
| 4 | However , within 24 hours Congress approved and Bush signed legislation ordering an end to the strike , with the result that most railworkers were back at work on the morning of April 18 . |
| 5 | golfers to maestro who took on the establishmentOpen victory put an end to system of subjugation |
| 6 | Simply to say that postnominal attributives are reduced relatives gives an answer to neither of our questions ( p. 43 ) . |
| 7 | Half the Cabinet or more , the rumour went , had rebelled and demanded Chamberlain give an ultimatum to the Germans , whether or not the French joined in . |
| 8 | But although I scarcely , if ever , thought about sex , I wallowed in thoughts of death , utilising them , rather than death itself , to bear or deny my increasing depression instead of taking steps to put an end to it . |
| 9 | Then , however , in August 1968 , détente stalled as Soviet tanks , emulating the Hungary operation of 1956 , invaded Czechoslovakia to put an end to the liberalising government of Alexander Dubcek . |
| 10 | Already , in November , de Gaulle had had to threaten resignation to put an end to Communist demands for certain key cabinet posts . |
| 11 | The Sunhill Scheme had been a failure ; existing machinery had not settled the wage issue ; nor had coercion put an end to desertions , while the seamen had concluded that their reasonableness and patriotism were being exploited . |
| 12 | John Edmonds , of the General and Municipal Workers , said Smith offered an alternative to Tory ‘ moral vacuum and decline ’ . |
| 13 | One of the most unusual items is a grandfather clock featuring the figures of Adam and Eve when it chimes Adam passes an apple to Eve . |