Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Edward retreated to Brussels , but in the winter of 1339–40 he achieved an important diplomatic success in Flanders when he persuaded James van Artevelde to enter into an alliance with him under which Artevelde recognized his title to the French throne and agreed to give him military aid .
2 He commiserated with Blair over his failure with certain seeds and promised to send him rare plants .
3 At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year .
4 Prime Minister Chung announced on Dec. 11 that all US atomic weapons had been removed from South Korean soil , and offered to open US military bases to inspection by the North on condition that the North permitted simultaneous inspection of its own nuclear facilities .
5 To perform the tremolo picking part correctly you should use alternate picking , and aim to keep you right-hand wrist as relaxed as possible .
6 In effect , he defines the climatic range of vegetation zones and proceeds to call them climatic zones .
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