Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob of a cousin . |
| 2 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 3 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 4 | We 've just had a golf course defined as a strategic issue and I think that in a way goes goes goes to the heart of what this is what this is all about . |
| 5 | Arrest warrants were issued for two former Central Bank officials implicated in the scandal after they failed to appear to testify before the Senate . |
| 6 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 7 | Therefore , should we not use our strength and influence to try to organise throughout the west a Marshall plan , similar to the one after the second world war , to strengthen the hands of those who are doing their utmost to stave off anything approximating to anarchy ? |
| 8 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 9 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 10 | Only band I want to see playing in the world . |
| 11 | If the heads are restricted to general terms they are a useful means of outlining the transaction and identifying the main areas the parties want to see included in the sale agreement . |
| 12 | It is no good choosing , say , a Cherokee 140 if you want to get into solo aerobatics , or a Pitts if you want to go touring with the wife and family . |
| 13 | I now want to go to back to the beginning of the statement . |
| 14 | Ebenezer , who spent 25 years in the navy , said : ‘ We 're not the kind of people who want to go racing round the world . |
| 15 | Do n't just 'phone him and say : ‘ Er … we want to go detecting in the park . ’ |
| 16 | The Government has delayed responding to the need to equalise pension rights because it means equalising State retirement ages . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received calling for the introduction of internment without trial ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 18 | He admits that he wants to continue fighting for the respect , and honour it endows his name . |
| 19 | To do this , the researcher has to remain detached from the group at the same time as becoming a member of it . |
| 20 | You 've got a limited number of slots to sell so you do n't need to go thrashing around the country |
| 21 | The same situation was prevalent in England over a decade ago , and while the new breed of English walls has blossomed to state of the art types such as Newcastle 's Berghaus Wall , Scotland 's walls remain poor relatives . |
| 22 | The fabled working-class Tory MPs , such as they are , appear to continue sitting on the back benches , awaiting the orders of the officer-class . |
| 23 | All this has vanished save for the church , of which St Augustine 's chapel is an original fragment . |
| 24 | But Christians believe that God acts in history , so the Church always has to try to respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit in each age . |
| 25 | Although the scale of each consultation exercise , and the make–up of the consultation list has differed depending on the topic in question , there are a number of key tasks which have to be carried out . |
| 26 | The precise meaning attached to these terms has varied depending upon the setting in which they were used . |
| 27 | The time has come to look at the Treaty of European Union and the philosophy which lies behind it in a little more detail . |
| 28 | This is where family work could be useful helping the whole family to understand the part alcohol has come to play in the life of the vulnerable elderly person , the pattern of abuse , the defensiveness about it , and the likely outcome . |
| 29 | All the rain she needs has fallen on the Queen 's racetrack in the past week to make jockey Pat Eddery set for a much better day than last year . |
| 30 | An examination of Figure 6.1 reveals that , whilst each of the groups considered has gained over the period 1979 — 89 ( due to the tax and benefit changes discussed above ) , the greatest gain was made by the richest tenth of the population . |