Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 2 | Should you wish to continue using your mare as a broodmare , you may be advised to put her in foal every year because some believe that this actually makes it easier for a mare to conceive . |
| 3 | They held up posters rejecting the idea that their fathers were anything like the Gestapo , and calling for ‘ full social security ’ for Stasi officers expected to lose their posts in the process of trimming the service . |
| 4 | His widow , Jeanne , held the Joinvilles ' English lands but , like Aymer de Valence , agreed to renounce her claim to a part of the Lusignan inheritance ( 1308–10 ) , although she held four Poitevin and Limousin lordships in reversion until her death in April 1323 . |
| 5 | Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English . |
| 6 | Germany agreed to suspend its claims for the payment of debts incurred by the former Soviet Union to former East Germany until the year 2000 , while in exchange Russia abandoned all claims for compensation for Soviet military property and installations in former East Germany . |
| 7 | I think you 're sort of drawing drawing their attention to the public concern over that sort of phrase . |
| 8 | That in itself may sound daunting , but on its centennial in 1993 the museum would prefer to see its situation as an asset . |
| 9 | ‘ We will want to monitor her health for the next month or two at least before letting her return to England . ’ |
| 10 | A preliminary hearing in Birmingham yesterday rejected a company claim that the four failed to lodge their case within the required three-month period . |
| 11 | It may help to see how the need for process studies was perceived to exist and then to proceed to indicate in which branches studies were undertaken using what methods as a basis for assessing how our knowledge has increased in spatial terms and in time with reference to catastrophic views . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 13 | Margaret was encouraged to continue pursuing her enquiries with the solicitor . |
| 14 | Mary Moore , 17 , of Chatham , Kent , was starved of oxygen after doctors failed to diagnose her presence in the womb . |
| 15 | France 's Environment Minister , Brice Lalonde , has threatened to resign unless the government agrees to implement his plan for a new waste tax . |
| 16 | If you would prefer to plan your retirement from the comfort of your home , the Open University 's study pack Planning Retirement covers more than sixty topics including ways to examine your attitudes about time and being retired ( address on page 148 ) . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the funboards people tend to classify their level by the type of board they sail rather than how well they sail it . |
| 18 | Now longe moot thou saille by the cost , … gentil Maryneer ! |
| 19 | Because he is constantly handling , tasting and eating fungi the spores tend to work their way into the shaman 's skin , penetrating his bloodstream and saturating his body . |
| 20 | Moreover , once imbalances have been created , they tend to work their way through the higher age groups in situ . |
| 21 | ‘ Listen ! ’ said the young man named Lawrence suddenly , and checked to strain his ears for the small , recurrent sound that had reached him . |
| 22 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 23 | They came to an agreement , and the man designated retained his authority by a leadership which did not offend his fellow lineage members : support could fall away , men could choose another elder to act for them , or fail to contribute to common funds when required . |
| 24 | It plans to continue to increase its investment in the development of application software and associated software tools . |
| 25 | CAPILLARY REFILL TEST : This involves pressing your thumb onto the horse 's gum . |
| 26 | Even that great opponent of the industrial system of the nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle ( 1795–1881 ) failed to relate his criticisms to the Christian doctrine that he had abandoned as a young man . |
| 27 | He carried a bottle of water from the River Mississippi with which , he said , he planned to baptise my breast as a sign of love . |
| 28 | This project is intended to increase our understanding of the factors which have affected the growth in employment and output of the largest British and foreign-owned professional producer service firms . |
| 29 | For the polytechnics , still struggling to establish their place in the pattern of higher education , the advent of this group of diverse institutions could be seen as ‘ jeopardizing ’ their position , given what the CDP considered an ill-defined interpretation by the DES of ‘ advanced further education ’ . |
| 30 | On the night of Oct. 4-5 small-scale fighting occurred in the capital , Kigali , but the RPF failed to consolidate its position beyond the north-eastern area . |