Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob of a cousin . |
| 2 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 3 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 4 | Arrest warrants were issued for two former Central Bank officials implicated in the scandal after they failed to appear to testify before the Senate . |
| 5 | Therefore , should we not use our strength and influence to try to organise throughout the west a Marshall plan , similar to the one after the second world war , to strengthen the hands of those who are doing their utmost to stave off anything approximating to anarchy ? |
| 6 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 7 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 8 | Only band I want to see playing in the world . |
| 9 | If the heads are restricted to general terms they are a useful means of outlining the transaction and identifying the main areas the parties want to see included in the sale agreement . |
| 10 | It is no good choosing , say , a Cherokee 140 if you want to get into solo aerobatics , or a Pitts if you want to go touring with the wife and family . |
| 11 | I now want to go to back to the beginning of the statement . |
| 12 | Ebenezer , who spent 25 years in the navy , said : ‘ We 're not the kind of people who want to go racing round the world . |
| 13 | Do n't just 'phone him and say : ‘ Er … we want to go detecting in the park . ’ |
| 14 | He admits that he wants to continue fighting for the respect , and honour it endows his name . |
| 15 | To do this , the researcher has to remain detached from the group at the same time as becoming a member of it . |
| 16 | You 've got a limited number of slots to sell so you do n't need to go thrashing around the country |
| 17 | The fabled working-class Tory MPs , such as they are , appear to continue sitting on the back benches , awaiting the orders of the officer-class . |
| 18 | But Christians believe that God acts in history , so the Church always has to try to respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit in each age . |
| 19 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
| 20 | How different that is from the Labour party 's position — it wants to lead according to the principle which states that where others go must be right . |
| 21 | 21 ) a ) So if the person has to let go of the trolley , it will stop automatically so does n't run away . |
| 22 | Sonny said : ‘ She has to quit living in the past . ’ |
| 23 | Local people say they 're already swamped by visitors to Snowshill Manor , a sixteenth Century house , but the National Trust say their plans are designed to ease overcrowding in the village . |
| 24 | Lee felt jealous , lumpy , and tried to let go of the feeling as she arranged the flowers in the kitchen . |
| 25 | The trouble is that we forget to let go of the tension . |
| 26 | Sophie tried to read meaning into the noise . |
| 27 | Products complying to the SQL Access specification are still expected to start shipping by the end of the year , including Retix Inc 's OSI communication stack , its application builder and Microsoft Corp 's SQL Access interface implementation in Windows 3.0 ( UX No 382 ) . |
| 28 | Needless to say , Jeremy has to keep returning to the darkroom for more film throughout the game . |
| 29 | As a result of working on these matters , the Legal Services Committee has prepared a series of papers and has been preparing advice on the steps the profession needs to consider taking in the future in relation to such issues as direct access , partnerships , split fees , cab rank rule and how to compete with solicitors in a brave new world . |
| 30 | The first person has to start skipping in the middle and everybody says H P W R and if it landed on P the next person would have to skip fast . |