Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 2 | Stress patterns depicted in the simulation helped MacGregor to add stiffness to the club , reducing the stresses and improving its aerodynamic performance . |
| 3 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 4 | The government , which did not expect Sweden to gain admission to the EC before 1994 , had previously expressed interest in framing a joint application with Norway and Finland . |
| 5 | Most Muslims and Croats in Bosnia believe the Yugoslav army , whose officer corps is now almost completely Serbian , is helping Serbs to capture territory in the republic in much the same way that they backed Serbs in the Croatian civil war . |
| 6 | The first allowed Ragusa to take control of the Pelješac peninsula on payment of an annual tribute to Tsar Dušan , ruler of the Serbian empire . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , Durie woke up and subsequently allowed Paulus to take command from the baseline . |
| 8 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 9 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 10 | Sotheby 's B shares carry ten votes each and this , of course , will enable Taubman to retain control of the auction house which he purchased for £80 million in 1983 , unless the bank forecloses on the debt of Mr Taubman 's affiliate ( assumed to be his investments in the troubled retailing sectors ) for which 11 million of his Sotheby 's B shares stand guaranty . |
| 11 | She hesitated , as if expecting Loretta to pour scorn on the suggestion . |
| 12 | Fresh efforts to persuade Iraq to sell oil under the terms of UN Resolutions 706 and 712 [ see pp. 38406 ; 38452 ] , rejected by the government as an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty , were prompted by renewed concern over the country 's food and medical crisis [ see pp. 38452 ; 38548 ; 38597 ; 38696 ] . |
| 13 | According to a report on Radio Free Lebanon on Nov. 12 Dallul asked Hezbollah to exercise self-restraint in the south . |
| 14 | Rachel was kinder and gentler towards her than she had ever been before ; but she also required Phoebe to take responsibility for the baby , to be a good mother , to take heed for the morrow . |
| 15 | The UNHCR also specifically asked Britain to suspend application of the ‘ safe third country ’ rule in the case of Yugoslavs , and to ‘ refrain altogether ’ from ‘ third country ’ deportations . |
| 16 | ‘ Look — I 'll tell Gary to leave part of the vegetable garden undug . |
| 17 | The problem of the darkness on earth at night while Re was in the Underworld was solved by Re appointing Thoth to give light as the moon . |
| 18 | Hugh and Prior Robert had arrived at the priory late in the evening , paid their respects to the prior , attended Vespers to do reverence to the saints of the foundation , Saints Oswald and Wulstan , and taken Herluin and his attendants into their confidence about the loss , or at the very least the misplacement , of Saint Winifred 's reliquary ; with a sharp eye , at least on Hugh 's part , for the way the news was received . |