Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 2 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 3 | He replies : It 's not the type of car I 'd want my wife to take to the shops . |
| 4 | ‘ I had already tried in my youth to enlist in the Forces as an officer cadet , which would have allowed me to enter the arsenal and precede Lortie in a rampage . |
| 5 | There are so many sick in the village , February is a wicked month , and it seems to take me all my time to get round the cottages and then when I am back , I am extremely tired and I fear I 'm not as patient as I should be , poor little creatures and the baby still in his petticoats . |
| 6 | The question that must be answered is : will the exercise of curriculum review be a hollow one , resulting in schools simply justifying what they currently do , or becoming frustrated by their inability to follow through the consequences of their thinking ? |
| 7 | The Board instructed their clerk to communicate with the governors of the infirmary on the matter , and in his reply a week later , the house surgeon there ( who acted as hospital secretary ) said that he had thought the case capable of being treated as an out-patient . |
| 8 | Delegates agreed to resume negotiations on March 21 , or earlier , provided that the Soviet Union signalled its willingness to comply with the terms of the accord . |
| 9 | In 1989 , she headed south from her birthplace to settle in the forests east of the Värmland town of Arvika . |
| 10 | Underlying much working-class opposition was a hostility often born of an older moralism : it was their willingness to interfere with the workings of God , Providence or Nature that made the suggestions of the birth controllers sometimes appear even more shocking than those of Malthus . |
| 11 | It is seen that the programme was only of small benefit to the people of Bangladesh , owing to its inability to cope with the conditions of this developing country . |
| 12 | Many general practitioners feared that non-fundholders would be forced to restrict their referrals to hospitals with which their district health authority had contracts , which might inhibit their freedom to refer outside the boundaries of their local district . |
| 13 | Egypt and Syria already have strategic gains to show for their decision to rally round the Saudis . |
| 14 | The prosecution have said Tanya was killed by Probyn the day before a court hearing for custody of their two children , and he caused her car to drop beneath the waters of the River Severn . |
| 15 | Family Groups are a major preventive approach , strengthening families in their capacity to cope with the stresses of financial difficulties , urban living , family life and child-rearing . |
| 16 | The Special Branch knew everything about Claire Fraser because it was their job to dig around the politicians and their families , especially with an Irish connection like hers . |
| 17 | However , John Magill , national director of accounting and audit at Touche Ross , said : ‘ We have already given the Department of Trade and Industry access to all our papers because , in our view , it is their job to investigate on the investors ' behalf , not the liquidators ' … |
| 18 | In the meantime , Norwich Union had made it clear that they were not exercising their right to appeal under the rules of Lautro . |
| 19 | The Dutch , still reluctant to act without Britain , reserved their right to withdraw from the talks if they disliked the outcome . |
| 20 | It eventually capitulated days before the Panel was due to exercise its right to apply to the courts for a forced restatement of the accounts . |
| 21 | In other words , the ideology of limited intervention which the current Conservative administration espouses sits uneasily with its need to respond to the demands of industrial and property production and to those for environmental conservation and local control over land policy . |
| 22 | So the blacksmith plover in the savannahs of East Africa will stand over its eggs , shadowing them with outstretched wings , to allow what wind there is to blow over them ; and in Australia , a jabiru stork will collect water in its beak to spray over the eggs if they get dangerously warm . |
| 23 | Some of these creatures were almost flying in their desire to get to the nomes . |
| 24 | After Izzie finished playing her recorder , it was her job to loosen off the ropes and allow the scenery clouds to flop forwards on their hinges , revealing God and all His angels … |
| 25 | this case also dealt with the fact that the deceased mother had worked full time and this aunt had given up her job to look after the children . |
| 26 | The business plan 's third big hole is its failure to deal with the lawsuits that names are bringing for alleged negligence by agents . |
| 27 | And then , turning its head to look round the workshops , it said , ‘ We do not ask of you that you give us your slaves , Robemaker , for it is vital that the Looms are kept weaving . |
| 28 | If your company wishes its name to appear on the cards , this can be arranged . |
| 29 | If the company is a public company , s. 25(1) requires its name to end with the words ‘ public limited company ’ , and by s. 1(3) the memorandum must state that the company is to be a public company . |
| 30 | They got their chance to delve into the details at a news conference … but Chris Dean also got the chance to say how pleased he and Jayne are to be in the region and finally able to stay at home . |