Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cleani , co cos I got caught pulling a little girl 's pigtails . |
| 2 | One of the Festival 's six major themes is that of ‘ Recreation and Sport ’ and the Scottish Sports Council through Actionsport Scotland has undertaken to organise a daily programme of sports activities . |
| 3 | The time has come to take a closer look at that assumption . |
| 4 | For example , the period 1945–51 has come to acquire a retrospective glow which it may not altogether deserve . |
| 5 | ‘ The company has been a wonderful part of my life , but I feel the time has come to permit a younger generation to take the reins . ’ |
| 6 | Certain administrative changes at this time appear designed to effect a stricter supervision by the Exchequer over the collection of the Forest revenues , and to lessen the temptation to extortion by the Forest officers . |
| 7 | Shortly thereafter , KPMG will notify the party its client has selected to negotiate an executed purchase agreement . |
| 8 | For over five years , news from CCG has come under the banner What 's Cooking ? , but as the company has grown to include a wide range of other services as well as catering , we felt that title was no longer appropriate . |
| 9 | From a family firm with some 2,000 employees in 1966 , the group has grown to become a public company comprising nine factories employing around 6,000 people at home and overseas . |
| 10 | She has applied to do a nursing degree . |
| 11 | JETTAIR , the Liverpool company aiming to reestablish air links between the city and London , has applied to operate an extra route to Gatwick . |
| 12 | THE GOVERNMENT has moved to defuse a growing row over its plan to introduce foreign language teaching for all Scottish primary pupils . |
| 13 | Anyone who has struggled to remove a rear tractor tyre or large trailer tyre will be pleased to see a new American innovation which eases the task . |
| 14 | Democratic presidential candidate Jerry Brown has threatened to sue an American television network over reports that , while Governor of California , he threw parties where marijuana and cocaine where used . |
| 15 | Standing on the step was Father James Morrow , the Roman Catholic priest and pro-life activist who has threatened to bring a private prosecution for murder against the anguished couple if their son is allowed to die . |
| 16 | A priest has threatened to launch a private prosecution against the doctor who treated the Hillsborough coma victim , Tony Bland , who died after his life-support machine was legally switched-off . |
| 17 | Mr Töpfer has threatened to apply a similar scheme to car manufacturers and to the makers of electronic goods , such as computers and television sets . |
| 18 | Greenpeace has threatened to seek a judicial review if a full public inquiry into the need for the plant is not held . |
| 19 | * The Ukrainian government has decided to hold an international contest to work out a method of converting the fourth reactor at Chernobyl into an environmentally safe system . |
| 20 | Our church has decided to erect a new building so that worship may continue on the present site . |
| 21 | The Council has decided to close an elderly person 's home . |
| 22 | AR-WACC has decided to establish a computerised communication data bank for the Region . |
| 23 | A spokesman said : ‘ She had a very busy weekend and has decided to have an easy day today . ’ |
| 24 | A spokesman said : ‘ She had a very busy weekend and has decided to have an easy day today . ’ |
| 25 | The Greek government has decided to build a massive complex of dams to divert the Akheloos River , endangering protected wetland areas which host thousands of wading birds including several endangered species . |
| 26 | He , too , has decided to keep a public silence . |
| 27 | He has sought to make a political attack on me , and I shall reply in the same way because the right hon. Gentleman has been highly selective in his summary of the case . |
| 28 | Faced with this ambiguity , the Bank has sought to make a clear distinction between its money-market operations ( for purposes of monetary policy ) and its bond-market operations ( for purposes of meeting the government 's borrowing requirement ) . |
| 29 | Whether in its truest sense — the sale of state-owned assets — or the conversion of ownership from an institution 's members to a new breed of shareholders , privatisation has made profiteering a respectable way of life . |
| 30 | ‘ Working towards the award has helped to create a greater teamwork spirit throughout the factory . ’ |