Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had arranged to meet Luke in the bar for a drink , and she hoped that he had a dinner engagement so that she would be left to her own devices afterwards . |
| 2 | Molly and Mary both had things to do that evening , so Yanto had arranged to meet Billy in the Boar to round off a good weekend . |
| 3 | As Gandhi says : ‘ I am endeavouring to see God through the service of humanity , for I know that God is neither in heaven nor down below , but in every one . ’ |
| 4 | Rohmer tried to hit Cardiff in the face with his other free fist , but Cardiff was expecting it . |
| 5 | Mountbatten tried to tempt Bogyoke with the post of Deputy Inspector-General and the British rank of Brigadier : he was too shrewd to be side-tracked in that way . |
| 6 | After a brief , appalled glance at Lydia , Mrs Molesworth ( Lil ) sat down on a corner of the sofa and asked the doctor a question about the imminent agricultural show designed to exclude Lydia from the conversation , to reveal her close knowledge of this event and therefore to illustrate her important position in the local community . |
| 7 | UEFA bosses are expected to visit Britain at the end of this season to look at possible host stadiums . |
| 8 | Ruth Rolph has now re-introduced a recreational class to Cromer and numbers amongst her class members two of the original teachers who helped to put Cromer on the Medau map — Jackie Horner and Sheila Viles . |
| 9 | He wants to keep Portsmouth in the dark until the teams line-up for the kick-off . |
| 10 | On the only occasion when Warnie tried to probe Jack on the origin or true nature of his relationship with Minto he was shut up with great vehemence . |
| 11 | Mrs Hitchcock 's other daughter Stella watched in horror as her mother was slashed on the arms and face as she tried to protect Kelly from the attack . |
| 12 | The Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sept. 24 presented a new 28-point constitutional reform package aimed at placating separatist tendencies in French-speaking Quebec , and designed to keep Quebec in the federation without alienating the other nine provinces . |
| 13 | On 20 November / 2 December 1854 Austria , Britain and France signed a treaty on the basis of the Four Points which was designed to force Russia to the conference table by the end of the year . |
| 14 | A room which served Coleridge in a different way stood at the back of the house on the first floor : this was Tom Poole 's vaulted bookroom , created by him early in 1795 and filled with a wide-ranging library which helped to reconcile Coleridge to the loss of his frequent visits to the City Library in Bristol . |
| 15 | Charles had not wished to invite Ivan to the party . |
| 16 | They also embarked on an ambitious national scheme that was designed to place Britain at the forefront of the postwar civil aviation market . |
| 17 | The surprising proposal came days before the Swedish government was expected to place Procordia on the market in the first step towards privatisation . |
| 18 | First he would have pushed a strong diversionary force at Charleroi , then , when the allies moved to defend Brussels from the south , he would have launched the real attack to the west . |
| 19 | The bitter attacks on Germany by the fledgling but rapidly developing Russian press , after the Berlin settlement of 1878 had so disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans , helped to push Bismarck towards the alliance with the Habsburg empire which took shape in 1879 . |
| 20 | This formed part of a defence line erected to defend Britain in the event of a German establishment of a beach head in Cornwall . |
| 21 | ‘ That he wants to recruit Devlin to the cause , sir . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ She has to consider her schooling you know , ’ he tried to tell Noreen above the noise of a roomful of O'Neils . |
| 23 | Bowe was stripped of his title for refusing to meet Lewis in the ring . |
| 24 | It revolves around a single simple question : how many men came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ? |
| 25 | This demonstrated expertise in dealing with nationalists seemed to mark Mountbatten for the job , and when Attlee offered it to him he was sufficiently aware of how much he , and no other , was wanted to attach extraordinary conditions to his acceptance . |
| 26 | Perhaps lent the final impetus necessary for successful reception by the proximity of the area of stimulus to that of cognition , this hair-pulling signal finally seemed to awaken Gavin to the perception that there might be something else going on in his immediate area other than the video , undeniably captivating though it was . |
| 27 | Canned Draught Guinness , selected to represent Ireland at the SIAL ( Salon International de l'Alimentation ) exhibition in Paris , went on to be selected as the overall international winner in the alcoholic drinks category . |
| 28 | The Thatcher Government initially decided to abolish SERPS on the basis that the country could not afford it , a view contested by the Government Actuary 's report on the proposed changes ( Report by the Government Actuary on the Financial Effects of the Bill on the National Insurance Fund , Cmnd. 9711 , HMSO , 1986 ) . |
| 29 | Colchester Borough Council has expressed an interest in managing the earthworks at Straight Road and Bluebottle Grove , which were built to defend Colchester during the Iron Age , and St Botolph 's Priory . |
| 30 | At one stage , Iraq was seen by foreign observers as seeking to bring Iran to the negotiating table by force . |