Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an instant envying his friend 's unmarried state , he turned into the house to pacify whatever agitated waters the doctor had left in his wake . |
| 2 | It 's the one chance that members of the Ninety-Six club have each year to drive their classic cars the way they were intended … hard and fast . |
| 3 | Unable to resist their piratical instincts the Toulon brigands spoilt the leisure and fun of their Atlantic coast rivals . |
| 4 | It was n't worth going back to Edinburgh ( after the graduation ceremony ) so we took the opportunity to visit our old friends the Kembles , who live in South Croydon , which is only a mega traffic jam 's throw from Gatwick . |
| 5 | At this stage the LEA officer responsible for the administration of the scheme was visited to discuss what additional questions the administration might wish to ask . |
| 6 | Meanwhile at the last Oxford college to abandon its women-only principles the feeling was the students will get used to the idea . |
| 7 | ‘ I would have been happy to give you three times the amount — if your story had proved that the boy was good . ’ |
| 8 | OLD soldier Dominic Lavery has refused to give his beloved wellies the boot despite rumours they 're soon to be replaced by a new American alternative . |
| 9 | To match their storming performances the actor playing the husband had to be forceful , too , and Peter Dayson is certainly that . |
| 10 | To protect its younger members the TUC had to sacrifice the economic freedom of working pensioners , while through Beveridge 's rationalizing , the state retained a flexible reserve army of labour in the younger elderly . |
| 11 | Just as the response of households to a tax increase has to be taken into account , so too one needs to consider what political constraints the government faces in making such decisions and what machinery is necessary in order to put them into effect . |
| 12 | Besides , Richard Armstrong was careful to allow his young heroes the support of older men whose experience could be called upon at need . |
| 13 | ‘ Did you come here , ’ mumbled Dottie , very close , ‘ to ask me fatuous questions the police have already been through a hundred times , or for other reasons ? ’ |
| 14 | This is an alternative to 4.1 and again it requires the Vendor to anticipate what additional rights the Business should be authorised to use . |
| 15 | Once the students had joined their TP schools on their weekly , one-day attachments , we were able to make their recounted experiences the starting point for the seminar work . |