Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nathan said that once he was jailed , members of the Knesset planned to try to call a special session . |
| 2 | He studied again the letter he had found in the wallet , then got to work making a careful copy of it . |
| 3 | If it is possible , I want to continue to build a lasting basis for US-Soviet co-operation , for a more peaceful future for all mankind . |
| 4 | He swore his family to secrecy and tried to continue living a normal life , making regular stage appearances and several movies . |
| 5 | Instead , I want to try to develop a further view of what it means to see criticism as a significant feature of higher education . |
| 6 | We only want to try to run a straight line through a cloud of data points if the relationship looks linear . |
| 7 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 8 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 9 | Her owner claims she probably wants to exercise to shed a few ounces.Pets should be safe as Thumper s not been trained to hunt and she 's refused to be tempted down with titbits . |
| 10 | Whilst standard published lists of terms provide useful models and certainly aid the searcher of a large publicly available database , any information worker needing to establish an in-house database , catalogue or index will need to consider devising a local list of indexing terms . |
| 11 | I want to start providing a complete office environment service — you know ; pot plants , palm-trees , the lot . |
| 12 | Scientists want to start testing a new drug which could revolutionise the treatment of cancer . |
| 13 | Therefore , the IB has to decide to have a last minute replacement on call in the event of a deterioration , or , if that proves logistically and financially prohibitive , reject the South African claim altogether . |
| 14 | The Gothic , a more formidable opponent , might have been expected to have had a greater impact on the depiction of fictional living space . |
| 15 | You certainly appear to have reached a major turning point in your career and must now think about severing unprofitable ties . |
| 16 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 17 | Some other forces throughout the region , if they even thought about it , appear to have turned a blind eye . |
| 18 | So what a monumental shock to find that with ‘ Ultra Violet ’ they appear to have undergone a massive personality switch and , hey presto ! |
| 19 | The interchange of routes between operators complicates analysis , but operators in South Wales also appear to have made a net loss of some 12 per cent of mileage since 1939 . |
| 20 | I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic . |
| 21 | The Rhineland potters who now supplied Britain with samian , but on a much reduced scale , appear to have had a limited figure repertoire . |
| 22 | ‘ You two appear to have had a good time , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
| 23 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 24 | Consultants Travers ' Morgan appear to have used a 1000 link computer model in the analysis for Serpell . |
| 25 | Moreover , the preliminary decisions of the Commission as to the admissibility of two cases submitted by British tax-protesters appear to have dealt a fatal blow to any remaining hopes that the European Court of Human Rights might be used as an additional forum in which to exert pressure for a change in the existing law and policy regarding tax diversion . |
| 26 | Many also claimed to have seen a banana-shaped object in the sky , and a characteristic illuminated sign . ’ |
| 27 | Whereas a woman who dies before her husband is considered to have made a good death and her body is decked in a married woman 's finery , one who survives her husband is somehow always blamed for his death and must never put on finery again as a penance . |
| 28 | A group of People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) officers was reported to have formed a secret group backing the reinstatement of the former party chief , Zhao Ziyang . |
| 29 | The landlady is reported to have seen a red stain on the ceiling of one room.She called the police , and they found the body . |
| 30 | In March 1989 Vietnam was reported to have repaid a token $5,000,000 in outstanding debts to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , in an attempt to secure fresh international aid . |