Example sentences of "[noun prp] managed [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward managed to retrieve the canoe and got it uprighted and then we heard Marge and Jerry on the opposite shore yelling that they were OK . |
| 2 | Eight other items followed including an ‘ oriental ’ item from Kent , brollies as equipment ( and how effectively ) from Norfolk and four youngsters from Surrey managed to cover the vast floor area of the sports centre with a lively item using novel equipment — batons with rubber balls at each end . |
| 3 | After setting the West Australian team a target of 168 runs for victory , Pakistan managed to restrict the home team to 166–6 in their allocated 45 overs . |
| 4 | On these assurances , and after a modest show of force with the limited resources available to him , Brig Scott managed to persuade the Groat generals commanding the entire column stretching back into Yugoslavia to surrender to Tito 's forces . |
| 5 | By fumbling around in his desk until the others had lined up for dinners , Frankie managed to avoid the harsher ridicule of those in his class who were free of head-lice . |
| 6 | Barnes managed to stem the tide a little by giving Liverpool a genuine attacking outlet . |
| 7 | One more man left on 4 November , but Barker managed to bring the rest back home , arriving on I February 1840 . |
| 8 | Somehow , despite his regular sacking , Reg managed to keep the club in Division Two . |
| 9 | ‘ She bit me , ’ murmured Mason , ‘ when Rochester managed to get the knife from her . ’ |
| 10 | To be totally deaf was bound to be a professional handicap , and after some difficulty , Frank managed to secure the post of assistant doctor in the South Wales coalfield of Aberffrwd , where he served his apprenticeship as a general practitioner from 1908 until 1915 . |
| 11 | However , while cultural and religious conflict was far from uncommon , it is important to point out that many village communities of England managed to avoid the damaging conflicts which existed at Terling and elsewhere . |
| 12 | One-and-a-half hours later , and after near disaster with the gaff , the head of which fell off , John Wilson managed to beach the great fish ; a salmon of 40lb in weight , the second-heaviest fish ever taken from the river . |
| 13 | Charlton 's Alex Dyer managed to round the defence and score , with 5 United players between him and the goal . |
| 14 | Through some judicious editing of the contributions of Shinehead and Teddy Pendergrass , Kaye managed to shoehorn the material into two CDs , utilising the maximum 74 and a half minutes available on both ( the excessive running time provided a convenient excuse for dispensing with the need for a vinyl format ) . |
| 15 | Through some judicious editing of the contributions of Shinehead and Teddy Pendergrass , Kaye managed to shoehorn the material into two CDs , utilising the maximum 74 and a half minutes available on both ( the excessive running time provided a convenient excuse for dispensing with the need for a vinyl format ) . |
| 16 | Just once or twice , when he remembered , Busacher wondered how Willi managed to find the time to do all these things , and be Burgermeister , and put in a least a modicum of hours on his farm . |
| 17 | Barthes managed to leave the great works of literature intact . |
| 18 | Eventually , Silla managed to unite the three kingdoms under one banner . |
| 19 | Despite losing the seat he has held for nine years Mr Lee managed to increase the Tory vote . |
| 20 | One of the great mysteries of the Bible , it has always seemed to me , was how Daniel managed to interpret the writing on the wall at Belshazzar 's impious feast . |
| 21 | Top-seed Jim Courier and fourth-ranked Boris Becker managed to avoid the plague which has claimed so many of their rivals , including two-time defending champion Stefan Edberg . |
| 22 | Top-seed Jim Courier and fourth-ranked Boris Becker managed to avoid the plague which has claimed so many of their rivals , including two-time defending champion Stefan Edberg . |
| 23 | Yet Jerusalem managed to remain the centre of Jewish religion . |
| 24 | Della managed to survive the jump and says it was a great experience |
| 25 | Miss Campbell managed to complete the manuscript in between commissions this year which have included Rod Stewart 's Epping Forest home and Wilbur Smith 's Chelsea residence . |
| 26 | Flavia managed to monopolize the guest of honour for the rest of the evening . |
| 27 | It was a dramatic and impractical outfit of a kind I only expected to see on the male models who posed in the more outlandish fashion magazines that our rich clients brought aboard Wavebreaker , yet Jesse Isambard Sweetman managed to wear the elaborate style with an elegant insouciance . |
| 28 | Mr Hutchinson managed to raise the alarm but the two men helped themselves to the cash and made off in the car driven by Wishart , of no fixed abode . |
| 29 | ‘ My friend Isaac Newton managed to explain the concept of gravity by talking about an apple . |
| 30 | With considerable difficulty , Kirov managed to hoist the photographer to his feet , supporting his dead-weight by his arm-pits . |