Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 2 | It 's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus . |
| 3 | The attendant said there was a gentleman already undressing in No. 1 Frederica received no answer to her question about numéro sept , but was given permission to stand in the corridor of the train , which was already sliding away from its platform . |
| 4 | Because of the distance of my journey I had been given permission to come during the morning , and there were no other visitors . |
| 5 | Crosby has been given permission to speak to the player by his French club Metz , who want about £175,000 for the unsettled Serb . |
| 6 | Reports from the country last night said that Shachar has spoken to Souness , and had been given permission to speak to the player . |
| 7 | Kelly , a federal judge , was intervening in what was essentially a local state issue — the offence of trespass — by using an 1871 federal statute which outlawed conspiracies to interfere with an individual 's civil rights . |
| 8 | Declarer obviously did n't appreciate the imminent danger of the club suit and ducked in dummy allowing West to win with the king . |
| 9 | Three out of four UK chemical firms surveyed by Friends of the Earth failed to support proposals to extend to the UK the level of openness on toxic emissions required in the US . |
| 10 | The evil spirits asked permission to go into the pigs that were nearby . |
| 11 | FURIOUS Bobby Gould was last night forced to cancel plans to appear as a BSkyB commentator at West Brom 's FA Cup second round replay against Wycombe after he was banned from The Hawthorns for his own safety . |
| 12 | Allowing play to continue for an hour if such time has been lost during the day is splendid ; but the idea must be extended to ensure that any time lost up to that hour is added on . |
| 13 | The atmosphere in C was slightly more informal ; this was in large part due to the physical layout of the lecture rooms , which bore a greater resemblance to school classrooms — students sat on chairs at desks and the lecturer 's podium was on the same level as the desks , allowing lecturers to move about the room answering questions . |
| 14 | Initially everyone welcomes the idea , but very quickly the organization outgrows the house and goes to the local authority demanding permission to build in the grounds . |
| 15 | He gained a lot of brownie points , for example , when the company announced its record interim losses of £45.1m and then revealed plans to sell off the majority of is leisure division . |
| 16 | Hundreds of parents and teachers have lobbied Parliament to protest about the government 's plan to cut help for pupils whose first language is n't English . |
| 17 | Several times I was given money to go to the chemist 's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor . |
| 18 | They include non-work-related tasks to enable groups to focus on the process skills rather than the task skills . |
| 19 | Whatever the need for honesty , there is little point , and usually no advantage , in allowing discussions to continue on the basis of anger or mutual recrimination . |
| 20 | Obviously it was no more sensible for a politician to compromise his own position at court by allowing enemies to point to a connection between his politics . |
| 21 | Difficulties with the special paint finishes that General Motors wanted for its Buick plant in Lansing , Michigan , led PPG to move into the factory to manage the process itself . |
| 22 | Later it was discovered that the council had written to the club months earlier demanding action to deal with the hazard . |
| 23 | Khan , who skippered Pakistan to triumph in the World Cup final against England earlier this year , said : ‘ I retire with the knowledge that I have no ambition left in the game . ’ |
| 24 | Magistrates then asked Elsworth to step into the witness box to give his case and to show justice was done . |
| 25 | Other big Japanese consumer-electronics companies , such as Sharp , Casio , Sega and Nintendo , are also showing interest in producing gadgets to profit from the blurring of boundaries between TV , telecoms and computers . |
| 26 | For example , now , she would be gathering shells to show to The Beloved , searching for ways to describe the perfect Disney sky . |
| 27 | One Sunday I asked Biddy to come for a walk on the marshes . |
| 28 | The course is under constant review and is planned flexibly to enable tutors to respond to the needs of particular groups of students , but the following three paragraphs itemise some of the particular emphases given to language during the three years . |
| 29 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 30 | If I had any guts I 'd walk out of the front door now , this minute , and I 'd hitch my way to Italy and rent a shack in Tuscany , and I 'd paint trash to sell to the tourists in the Piazza della Signoria , and I 'd paint … |