Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little Coleman could do in the circumstances except fill out an IAP-66 authorization form for Syrian George and take him over to the embassy for a J-1 visa to admit him to the United States for a course of study at UAB . |
| 2 | And that er , technology transfer covers submersible pump technology which will be the standard pump line and the Czechs will have a non exclusive erm , li er licence to sell it in the Soviet Union which is a prime market er , and in other areas behind the old iron curtain . |
| 3 | DINAMO Tbilisi , as expected , have lodged their appeal against UEFA 's decision to disqualify them from the European Cup ( writes Lyle Jackson ) . |
| 4 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 5 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
| 6 | But even though it did in a campaign where he was one of Tottenham 's top performers , Venables has been unable to keep his word because of chairman Alan Sugar 's attempt to oust him from the club . |
| 7 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 8 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 9 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 10 | There 's little in Marshall 's CV to prepare you for the way this story , awash with sentimental pitfalls , is turned into a deeply stirring , full blooded drama . |
| 11 | She used Rosalind 's flashlight to take her across the kitchen 's frayed linoleum to the corridor . |
| 12 | Yet for all its traditions the Indianapolis 500 is , again like America itself , on the cutting edge of technology , combining the latest advances in engineering and the car racer 's desire to apply them to the maximum . |
| 13 | Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table . |
| 14 | Moreover , since Michael Heseltine 's departure , there is no one in Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet to remind her of the nature of Entrepreneurial Man . |
| 15 | You need a sound night 's sleep to prepare you for the taxing journey tomorrow . |
| 16 | Such was the excitement and focus on Maggie that in spite of Rose 's care to draw him into the conversation Moran began to feel out of it and grew bored . |
| 17 | On 26th May , Hunt came to see him and said that he was taking over the purchase negotiations for the Downing Street scheme , and particularly upset Pennethorne by producing one of Pennethorne 's drawings to assist him in the work . |
| 18 | Milton was developing a certain respect for the Colonel 's ability to get him off the main point of the interview . |
| 19 | Then the Soviet authorities bowed to pressure and allowed the fiancée of Sakharov 's stepson to join him in the United States . |
| 20 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
| 21 | The tower soon became part of the landscape , so much so , that Berners donned his artist 's hat to paint it for the local shell guide . |
| 22 | It was the same when he walked ; he found that he was unsteady on his feet , and liked to have Nathan 's arm to help him into the carriage , as though it were a matter of ordinary courtesy from a younger man to an older . |
| 23 | She went into Jack 's office to find him on the phone . |
| 24 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 25 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 26 | Finding herself unable to gain entry the plaintiff obtained an ex parte injunction to readmit her to the premises . |