Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Hill has emphasised how Milton explicitly has Samson bring down the temple on ‘ Lords , ladies , captains , counsellors , or priests , /Their choice nobility and flower ’ ( 11.1653–4 ) allowing the vulgar [ i.e. the common people ] ‘ who stood without ’ to escape . |
| 2 | He watched her walk away without speaking and enter the hall again ; he had expected her to come to the table to supervise Mary packing up the food . |
| 3 | She helped Caspar to spread out the map and , together , they traced the road from Tara along the sides of the Wolfwood and down through a couple of tiny villages . |
| 4 | Louis , catching Léonie lifting up the mahogany flap in the seat of what looked like one of the pews in church , forbade her future entry . |
| 5 | Both the Confederation of British Industry/Business Strategies report into consumer confidence and the Trade Indemnity investigation into business failures show Scotland bringing up the rear if , as expected , the economy moves out of recession in 1993 . |
| 6 | She told Pam to keep out the shop . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you expect God to hold back the tide for us to float here all day , then , or do we turn in to Duart ? ’ |
| 8 | Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's going to help Gail set up the charity drive for tomorrow , are n't you Jo ? ’ |
| 10 | The amalgamation has also helped Marsden tackle head-on the problem of cutting internal overheads . |
| 11 | Willie Bond , the postman , was pushing his bicycle along the road to Nidden , at the end of his last delivery , and in the distance the rector could see Ella vanishing down the alley that led to Lulling Woods and Dotty Harmer 's house . |
| 12 | Section 2.10 also describes how the LIFESPAN Manager and the VAX System Manager can use LIFESPAN_SHUTDOWN.COM to shut down the LIFESPAN Processes when required . |
| 13 | Joss Ackland took over the part of Holly , which is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality . |
| 14 | Montaine had helped Jean-Claude dig out the cave and make it impenetrable and impermeable . |
| 15 | Much later , I came back in to help Wu clear up the debris and to take the puppies out for a walk . |
| 16 | In Discipline and Punish Foucault demonstrates how the individual is constituted through specific technologies of power ; in the History of Sexuality , he shows the extent to which the human sciences , including medicine and the practice of psychoanalysis , facilitated the extension of control beyond the limits of the body in the construction of the inner realms of subjectivity , consciousness and experience . |
| 17 | ‘ I wondered if you 'd like Doreen to take over the office . |
| 18 | Judith Church , Health and Safety Officer of the Manufacturing , Science and Finance Union summed up the government 's attitude to health and safety as : |
| 19 | Aunt Emily was not exactly ill , at least she had no definable complaint , but she rested a good deal , more and more , and every day seemed happier to let Alexandra take over the household decisions . |
| 20 | for user and market research , which will enable OUP to determine how the material should be structured . |
| 21 | ‘ We know Blagg picked up the money and the car keys . |
| 22 | Strictly , the Revenue can argue that s343 does not apply until the hive-up agreement has become unconditional and been completed in accordance with its terms ( for example , the novating of liabilities and obtaining of third party consents ) , since s343 requires Newco to carry on the trade in succession to the transferor , not merely beneficially own it . |
| 23 | then I 'm perfectly happy to let Gus take over the responsibility since he did such a great job . |
| 24 | Armstrong urged Brook to persuade Attlee to announce simultaneously the abolition of a number of Cabinet committees . |
| 25 | She heard Comfort pick up the sketch pad again and simply lay , letting her draw whatever she liked . |
| 26 | A close friend of Elaine Blond , who was later to found the Blond McIndoe Centre for Medical Research , it was not too difficult to persuade McIndoe to help where the removal of a disfigurement , usually facial , could boost a patient 's confidence . |
| 27 | It is this experience which first tempted Sohl to seek out the Geordie and eventually bring him down south . |
| 28 | I do n't think Irina gave up the idea of finding me a suitable partner , until Bill died . |
| 29 | Louisa , we should have Ducker get out the stove … roast some chestnuts … mull some wine . |
| 30 | You ca n't have Romeo swarming up the balcony in doublet , hose and hearing aid . |