Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what appears to have been a carefully stage-managed cry of unanimity , it was agreed that Edward should never rule over them again , and the Bishop of Hereford took a delegation which was headed by William Trussell to Renilworth to inform Edward of the assembly 's decision . |
| 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 | The 1958 war is remembered now not so much for the vicious sectarian battles that occurred in Beirut but for the arrival of the US Marines , who stormed ashore only to find the beaches occupied not by militiamen but by bikini-clad ladies and street urchins who were merely waiting to sell Coca-Cola to the country 's latest rescuers . |
| 4 | On April 16 Edouard Selami , a 30-year-old lawyer , was elected by DP delegates to replace Berisha as the party 's president . |
| 5 | Prime Minister John Major has been accused of being insensitive after turning down an invitation to visit Hartlepool from the town 's Labour candidate , Peter Mandelson . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the time being , western governments are voicing outrage over the threats to church and Chihana , and are threatening to use the aid weapon to open Malawi to the region 's wind of change . |
| 8 | Jersey assistant chief officer Barry Simpson said last night : ‘ We were trying to trace Roderick at a contact 's home in Wimbledon . |
| 9 | My father used to play Judas in the Cordwainer 's Mystery every Corpus Christi Day . ’ |
| 10 | The announcement was seen as a move to reassure China about the colony 's finances on the eve of further talks in Hong Kong on the new airport project by the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group 's Airport Committee . |
| 11 | The conference had been called by Kerekou following the ruling People 's Revolutionary Party ( PRPB ) agreement in December 1989 to abandon Marxism-Leninism as the country 's official ideology [ see p. 37115 ] , in response to mounting social dissent and with the country on the brink of economic collapse . |
| 12 | The 92nd ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) , held in Geneva on Sept. 16-17 , was marked by ( i ) the withdrawal of Ecuador ( a full member since 1973 ) , the first member state to leave OPEC in the organization 's 32-year history ; and ( ii ) Iran 's rejection of the final communiqué . |
| 13 | His efforts , near the end of his term in office , to educate America on the endowment 's purpose would serve him well were he to take the job now . |
| 14 | Tapie 's suit will aim to force the French Federation and French League to name Marseille as the country 's representatives to play AEK Athens in the first round on September 15 . |
| 15 | In a further break with the traditional anti-Americanism of the ruling Justicialist Party ( Peronists ) , President Carlos Menem made an official visit to the United States between Nov. 13 and Nov. 19 , continuing his efforts to present Argentina as the USA 's firmest ally in Latin America . |
| 16 | If she had n't arranged to take Sandra to the doctor 's Marjorie would probably go back to bed herself , now , with a cup of tea and the Daily Mail . |
| 17 | Claire said : ‘ I had to take Rachel to the doctor 's because she was so poorly . |
| 18 | ‘ Sorry , I 've got to take Jerry to a chum 's party , ’ she told Ronni . |
| 19 | In listing the problems , they began with the Solheim Cup , where they had had to ban Doyle from the players ' room for being a disruptive influence . |
| 20 | He was one of the seven magnates whose confederation in April 1258 began the revolution ; he was one of the baronial twelve who were to draw up the plans of reform ; and he was one of the council of fifteen set up by the Provisions of Oxford to govern England in the king 's name . |