Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 2 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 3 | In the August 1949 election the German people favoured the CDU ( 31 per cent ) over the SPD ( 29 per cent ) , and other parties too proved willing to support Adenauer for the Chancellorship . |
| 4 | An attempt was made to stop applause , which brought considerable opposition , and another to put Joseph in the canon of Mass — which the pope himself did in a decree of 13 November . |
| 5 | Although the heart of his empire was the Neville land , it would be wrong to cast Gloucester in the role of hereditary northern magnate , whose estates made him an independent regional force . |
| 6 | Although the heart of his empire was the Neville land , it would be wrong to cast Gloucester in the role of hereditary northern magnate , whose estates made him an independent regional force . |
| 7 | I was so aggravated that I was prepared to believe Brenda on the switchboard was lying on his behalf , pretending there was no reply . |
| 8 | Meanwhile Aussie coach John Dorahy will stick to the best of British to keep Wigan at the top of the Rugby League world . |
| 9 | I wonder if one of you would be prepared to represent CPRW on the Action Group ? |
| 10 | The club are prepared to back Lawrence in the transfer market and chairman Colin Henderson has promised £2m for team-strengthening . |
| 11 | When it 's daylight in Leningrad and the buses and lorries are roaring along the wide Nevsky , and African delegates are being toasted at multi-course lunches at the Astoria , then it 's easy to see Leningrad as the birthplace of Communism . |
| 12 | The display is now set to tour Scotland for the remainder of the centenary year , taking in several locations which have strong MacDiarmid associations — Langholm , where he was born ; Montrose where his masterpiece A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle was composed ; and Lanark , close to Brownsbank where he spent the later years of his life . |
| 13 | Prince William , who had no intention of allowing Napoleon III to separate Prussia from the rest of the German states , accepted only on condition that all the other German sovereigns attended the meeting . |
| 14 | The North Down side are due to play Cliftonville at the Oval on April 2 — the same night Northern Ireland 's schoolboys face England in a schoolboy international at Castlereagh Park . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman is right to identify Westminster as the seat of government . |
| 16 | Being pestered by the press was hardly likely to put Veronica in the mood for unexpected visitors . |
| 17 | Which was why , at the very end , when Gordon tuned in on the wireless to a dance band and Robert was supposed to waltz Olwyn about the room , Stella had no patience with St Ives 's reaction to Geoffrey 's ten-second delay in putting on the gramophone record . |
| 18 | Mr McNeilage added that Alistair is due to leave Rwanda at the end of February . |
| 19 | The unequal treaties did not provide for this growing complexity , but it was clearly reflected in a process of treaty revision negotiation which , despite its ultimate success , did little to reassure Japan regarding the benevolence of Western intentions . |
| 20 | I really do n't know , and the man certainly was n't telling , whether he had any hard evidence at all to connect Jefferson with the theft , if it was a theft , of candles from the Cathedral . |
| 21 | The blast which had flung down the doors at the front had strangely left the windows intact , but when Pat arrived home it was decided that it would be better to leave Julia in the bed in the cellar . |
| 22 | But for some reason he was unwilling to tell Parry about the stranger in the mist . |
| 23 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 24 | I just did n't seem to be able to handle Eric on the telephone . |
| 25 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 27 | The report , by Marketing Magazine , found 79 per cent of viewers able to link Andrex with the child stranded as his pet steals the toilet roll . |
| 28 | He would have been able to tell Gould about the wealth of unusual birds around Adelaide , and persuade him of the necessity of collecting in the area . |
| 29 | The city 's importance was owing to the new Emperor , Charles Habsburg , succeeding his grandfather in 1519 to become Charles V. The House of Habsburg held Germany and Spain , and Milan and the eastern end of Lombardy held the key to a potential land bridge between the two — a bridge desired by Charles and feared by France . |
| 30 | Again , many scholars see the sole reason for Matthew placing Jesus in Egypt as that he is then able to show Jesus as the fulfilment of another Old Testament statement found in the book of the prophet Hosea : I called my son out of Egypt ( Hosea 11:1 ) . |