Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
2 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
3 | A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games . |
4 | He 's given them £342,000 in the past five years to create the ‘ right business environment ’ . |
5 | Mid-season found him second in the national averages , and following match figures of 7 for 61 against Warwickshire , team-mate John Morris wondered whether Bishop could ever have bowled with more controlled hostility than in his first spell in the first innings . |
6 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
7 | Windows has thousands , whereas OS/2 seems to be bereft of the kind of volume of applications that would signal it acceptance as the standard operating system . |
8 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
9 | In July 1878 , though , the Bureau of Indian Affairs assumed responsibility for the Nez Perce , and transferred them south to the parched 7000-acre Quapaw Reservation in Kansas Territory . |
10 | If the hon. Gentleman will give me details of the particular case that he has mentioned , I will certainly have it examined . |
11 | Sometimes she would give him money on the sly and he would help her with chores . |
12 | His servants and courtiers would bring him tales of the beautiful palace and grounds above , but he refused to listen to their mad ramblings . |
13 | Moreover , they become mentally attuned to American tactical doctrines , which are often devised to sell US equipments to the Western Alliance . |
14 | The Keraing and his family came to wave us farewell from the cliff-top , and we sailed east into the gulf of Bone , and an empty blue sea . |
15 | It probably cost us seats at the general election . |
16 | Troops kill US teenager in the silent suburbs * . |
17 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
18 | To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years . |
19 | Different names may be current in my area , so that I give you information on the wrong fish . |
20 | And a fifty pound fee for the privilege of taking photographs of him was hardly likely to win him friends among the assembled media . |
21 | If it had been , they would never have summoned him here and allowed him access to the hallowed Tower . |
22 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
23 | They give us information on the medieval pottery museum , birthplace of local legends and the address of the youth-hostel-cum-doss-house . |
24 | Standing at the door with her knuckles on her hips , she bade me recline on the high wall-bed , as if for a medical inspection . |
25 | Thank you for sending me details of the forthcoming publication , ‘ How to write a will and gain probate ’ . |
26 | I would further recommend that a strong warning be issued to the father , pointing out to him that if he should continue to molest his wife and daughter the law allows an injunction to be brought against him , forbidding him access to the marital home . |
27 | An infection control policy should be available to staff , emphasising he importance of the safe disposal of sharps . |
28 | Alan got a message for you all the stewards and secretaries within Pilkingtons and also the A E U , M S F and the T & G thanks very much for the initiative you 've in getting us all together and the initiative you 've took in getting us part of the European set-up company Pilkingtons , at this present time are very negative . |
29 | 10 years later the Americans helped the British war effort by sending us tractors like the yellow Minneapolis Mowline and the green Oliver 90 . |
30 | Everyone feels healthier there , and so many visitors love the freshness of the high altitude , giving them appetite for the local gratin dishes , the carp and pike , the best butter in the world , light white wines like the Seyssel of Savoy — and of course the famous liqueur , Chartreuse . |