Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trogus goes on to explain that a little later — that is about 390 B.C. — the Massaliotes emptied their treasure to ransom the Romans from the Gauls . |
| 2 | It also applies where the buyer exercises his right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated because of a breach of condition . |
| 3 | With the wind drifting the laden Zodiac , Trent doubted his ability to pick the tow up before the men were on the reef . |
| 4 | Only that perhaps he had manufactured some reason so that she would be able to overcome her own personal fears of being alone with him ; given her an excuse to accept his invitation to re-enter the apartment where he 'd previously abused her both physically and verbally . |
| 5 | Nothing could happen until the evening , but then Lucy got her chance to see the inside of Charlie 's office much sooner than she 'd expected . |
| 6 | His mother , Jean , had paid £30 at a charity auction to enable her son to visit the quarry . |
| 7 | On Feb. 13 the Soviet Union and United States announced their intention to reduce the number of their troops stationed in Central Europe to 195,000 each , while the United States would be allowed to station an additional 30,000 troops in other European countries ( primarily Italy , Turkey and the United Kingdom ) . |
| 8 | Mr Adams made his offer to meet the four church leaders in a letter last August , but in their reply the churchmen said they would not talk until Sinn Fein publicly called for an end to violence . |
| 9 | Meredith lowered her head to hide the fact that she was having to swallow away the dryness in her throat . |
| 10 | Her glance skimmed his face to detect the truth . |
| 11 | The President underlined her determination to pursue the coup plotters by naming a former police chief , Alfredo Lim , as the new director of a greatly strengthened National Bureau of Investigation . |
| 12 | The trial judge found against the wife on her contention that the husband acted as the bank 's agent to obtain her attendance to sign the charge , but made no finding whether the husband had exerted undue influence upon her . |
| 13 | B'nai B'rith Women , legally incorporated as a separate entity in 1962 , also faces legal action challenging its right to use the B'nai B'rith name . |
| 14 | B'nai B'rith Women , legally incorporated as a separate entity in 1962 , also faces legal action challenging its right to use the B'nai B'rith name . |
| 15 | Piper O'Rourke used her hand to shield the beam of her torch as she crept along the darkened corridors of Belial Base towards the main airlock . |
| 16 | 2 Maintaining his hold on the attacker , the defender uses his block to pull the attacker onto a rising knee to the stomach . |
| 17 | The acolyte Rizla clears his throat to deliver the lecture . |
| 18 | Venetiaan stated his desire to reform the Constitution to reduce the involvement of the army in internal affairs . |
| 19 | Hungary expressed its desire to leave the alliance , while Czechoslovakia favoured retaining the Pact until the creation of a pan-European security system . |
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| 21 | In another action , the speed marchers stretched their stride to cover the last 6 of 20 desert miles after a sharp night action . |
| 22 | Burke and Chinkin in [ 1989 ] ICLR 401 ask what the effect would be if the parties required their expert to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 23 | Newcastle employed him at Claremont , Surrey ( 1752 ) , and as chancellor of Cambridge University secured his employment to design the university library ( 1754–8 ) ; while for the second duke he worked at Clumber House , Nottinghamshire ( 1768–78 , demolished ) , and designed the bridge in Newark in the same county ( 1775 ) . |
| 24 | Microsoft Corp reiterated its pledge to support the MIPS chip with NT at a meeting of the ACE remnants the week before last : there 's no talk of making NT XPG3-compliant . |
| 25 | For its part , Compaq Computer Corp says its decision to abandon the MIPS platform is based on considerable market research and interrogation of its major Fortune 1000 and FT 500 customer base . |
| 26 | I do not believe that the Commissioners justified their proposal to raise the ceiling . |
| 27 | Helen , the second daughter , had left the Wimbledon school when she was sixteen and was at home helping her mother to run the house and , as his fatal illness developed , to assist in nursing her father , to whom she was particularly close . |
| 28 | The gloom apparent among publishers when President Menem made his appearance to open the book fair was understandable against this background . |
| 29 | To boost this low volume of activity the German banks who invested over DM 10 million in the exchange announced their intention to give the DTB preference in Bund derivative trading in 1991 . |
| 30 | On the column 's first morning back , however , a chap from the Town Hall sought our help to rectify the omission . |