Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benedicta , before we go on to meet Simon in the Fleet prison , there are certain enquiries to make . |
| 2 | Relations with Brian Clough hit rock bottom , you might remember , when the manager called the police in to escort Fashanu from the club 's training ground . |
| 3 | But it was not enough to commend Stanley to the City of Worcester Conservative and Unionist Association . |
| 4 | Gorbachev eventually proved willing not only to condemn Stalin for the imprisonment and execution of loyal Russians in the 1930s , but also to concede that Stalin had secretly divided eastern Europe with Hitler in 1939 . |
| 5 | Bangor 's Garth McGimpsey was in sparkling form , but it still was n't good enough to overcome Cork in the final , going down 3–2 . |
| 6 | Their other purpose was apparently to bring Israel into the war ( probably entraining Israeli violation of Jordanian territory or at least its airspace ) , in the expectation that no Arab government could risk fighting on the Israeli side . |
| 7 | Now it was shifting eastward to include China in the equation . |
| 8 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 9 | The Ethiopian Parliament was so exasperated that it passed a unanimous resolution in 1968 begging Emperor Hailé Sellassié not to visit Italy until the monument 's return . |
| 10 | ‘ Very well , Madame , provided you will give me your solemn undertaking not to leave Roziac in the meantime . ’ |
| 11 | I was determined not to let Alec off the hook . |
| 12 | At one stage no less a person than Bobby Kennedy , soon to accompany Josie to the grave , had offered to help Roth gain his freedom . |
| 13 | Chester , who was soon to accompany Coleridge on the journey into Europe , was yet another who had been drawn to him ‘ as flies are to honey ’ , and now trotted happily beside his two talkative companions , bow-legged and awestruck . |
| 14 | Fifteen minutes later , after a lightning shower , and dressed once more in her cream suit and silk blouse , Shiona hurried downstairs to join Jake in the drawing-room . |
| 15 | It seemed that she was not impressed for , having completed her examination , she turned ostentatiously away to follow Anthony to the table where the wine stood . |
| 16 | She decided not to tell Tait about the photograph . |
| 17 | As the tie went into extra time , both sides struggled in the warm sunshine , but Powell made an extra effort and forced the ball home to put Haslemere in the lead . |
| 18 | The story of the weekend was most certainly the success of the team that travelled the full vast width of the country to emerge as only the second-ever to represent Newfoundland in the final . |
| 19 | Trent gave him a nod of thanks and a dollar , then stood aside to allow Gomez into the saloon : ’ Mi casa es su casa , Señor . ’ |
| 20 | Apart from the reshuffled attack the rest of the side is the same as played so effectively to deny Donegal in the league final replay . |
| 21 | First he made a gourd spring up to protect Jonah from the sun ( by ‘ gourd ’ we are to understand something like the castor-oil plant or Palma Christi , with its rapid growth and all-sheltering leaves ) ; then , with no more than a wave of the silk handkerchief , he sent a maggot to destroy the said gourd , leaving Jonah painfully exposed to the heat . |
| 22 | FitzAlan dismounted and reached up to lift Isabel to the ground . |
| 23 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 24 | Dexter was glad they had come back to see Lancaster at the end of the day . |
| 25 | That evening a knock — furtive and hasty , telling Alice who it was — brought her out to find Monica on the path near the gate , not outside the door , for the girl had been afraid that Faye might open the door . |
| 26 | Business was brisk , shopkeepers even running out to grab Corbett by the arm and offer a pie , a piece of cloth , fresh fish from the Firth , almonds , nuts and raisins brought in from the nearby port of Leith . |
| 27 | He lowered the horse 's left foreleg and came back to lift Isabel to the ground . |
| 28 | ‘ And are we now to welcome Ellie into the fold ? |
| 29 | Everyone 's out to beat Gloucester at the moment and do n't the Cherry and Whites know it . |
| 30 | It 's HVS in summer and it feels like it in winter , too , as I shiver upwards to join Steve at the stance : a misnomer if ever there was one — just room enough for four front points on an edge . |