Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I even went out and bought a dictionary on Sixth Avenue to assist me in the project . |
| 2 | According to Smith , the illness was described in the language of the day as a putrid fever with buboes on the face and body , which caused Dr Crawford to compare it to the plague . |
| 3 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 4 | From Hamilton came a call from Winnie Ewing to join her on the platform at her eve of poll meeting , which ( as there was no Liberal standing ) I gladly accepted . |
| 5 | Officers had tried all day to contact Mr Maughan to tell him of the tragedy . |
| 6 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 7 | A SOCIAL services chief issued an appeal yesterday for the bit-part actress Yasmin Gibson to contact them about the future of her Home Alone daughter , being cared for in a children 's home . |
| 8 | These meetings were largely an opportunity for Harold Wilson to use me as the wall of a fives court against which he banged the ball . |
| 9 | Etty had her friend Dolly Murchie to assist her in the capture of the three mavericks . |
| 10 | I told Mr Kennedy to put them in the kennels last night . |
| 11 | On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory . |
| 12 | The existence of such an educational establishment aroused widespread interest amongst the intelligentsia , causing Dr Samuel Johnson to inspect it at the end of his tour of the Hebrides in 1773 . |
| 13 | He also told you to ask Sir Charles to meet you at the moor gate . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked Sir John to burn it to the ground but Rachel played him like a piece of string around her finger . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That legislation has yet to be introduced to Parliament , ’ said Mr Naish adding that delays could give rise to further problems and he had urged Mr Howard to get it onto the statute books as urgently as possible . |
| 17 | She told him to tell Dora she 'd written to Auntie Flo to thank her for the cake . |
| 18 | This situation , in which other countries were relying on the United States to provide them with the dollars needed to boost their reserves , seemed to leave the USA in a highly privileged position , for the only way that other countries could accumulate reserves was if the USA provided them , by spending abroad more than it received . |
| 19 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 20 | The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions . |
| 21 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 22 | As soon as he learned of the rebels ' withdrawal from Derby , he sent orders to Field Marshal Wade to intercept them from the west while his own army set off in pursuit from the south . |
| 23 | Booms stayed on standby at the mouth of the Hamble River to protect it from the slick . |
| 24 | Medau teachers invited Patricia McCall to instruct them in the principles of Laban Movement at their September Training Day ; in St Andrews , Rosalind Garton follows her evening Medau class immediately with a Yoga session , and is delighted by the enthusiasm shown for the idea . |
| 25 | He watched the young nun usher his two companions away and allowed Lady Amelia to take him into the small chamber , really no more than a cell with a table , stool and truckle bed . |
| 26 | SOUTHAMPTON manager Ian Branfoot substituted hardman Terry Hurlock to save him from the red card . |
| 27 | Floating pumice fields were so thick that sailors could walk on them — and some bore bleaching human remains 4,500 miles across the Indian Ocean to deposit them along the beaches of Zanzibar . |
| 28 | Just how weak were Rank 's budgetary controls can be seen from their dealings with Gabriel Pascal , the Hungarian producer whose brief career was built on his having persuaded George Bernard Shaw to trust him with the film rights to his plays . |
| 29 | Lifting his arms high , he called upon Baron Samedi to admit them to the cemetery . |
| 30 | I see thank you , yes that 's very helpful that clarifies the position on that and finally I 'll ask Michael Colgan to take us into the question of the management systems for the contract . |