Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journalists gathered in knots to compare notes and decide on the best angle on the story . |
| 2 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |
| 3 | The court could be asked to observe injuries or scars on the child 's body . |
| 4 | The society also placed advertisements asking for applications to draw on its funds for the purpose of release from debtors ' prisons , and backed this up by sending two members of the committee on a tour of London 's gaols to receive applications and arrange for the release of ‘ the most distressed objects , preferring the most useful Artists and Manufacturers , and those who have the largest families . ’ |
| 5 | Most of the children had ordinary books and pencils — all had to stand up to answer questions and walk to the front of the class where possible . |
| 6 | All traffic will be diverted down York Place , a one way street , and major changes are being planned to bus routes and stops during the next few days . |
| 7 | In England , the obligation to own arms and to train in the use of them was shared by all male adults , as the Assize of Arms of 1181 and the Statute of Winchester of 1285 made clear . |
| 8 | I welcome my hon. Friend 's answer , but will he ensure that the employees of the trust ports have an opportunity to purchase shares and partake in the wealth created , thereby furthering the Government 's privatisation proposals and the extension of share ownership ? |
| 9 | It 's also your responsibility to strip beds and arrange for the disposal of inflammable or explosive materials . |
| 10 | I should have liked simply to disobey orders and stay in the trench . |
| 11 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 12 | At some stage it will be possible again to enjoy memories and to laugh at the fun we shared . |
| 13 | He was speaking during a special service on Tuesday to give thanks and blessing for the life of a hospital , whose hallmark has been the ‘ quality of its service . ’ |
| 14 | Not to give freebies but to invest in the workers of the future . |
| 15 | She pretended to keep appointments and went to the wine shop instead . |
| 16 | The picture wall in his underground burrow seemed to absorb him ; it was a holo of the South Seas , forested hillsides plunging down to warm waters and punctuated by the vivid exclamation marks of birds . |
| 17 | He knew at least that she was a different person from the girl he had taught to climb trees and to shoot with the bow and he was a little in awe of her . |
| 18 | The Rev. Goldsmith returned to England in June 1891 , returning to Halling in July to hold meetings and preach at the Church before his return to Australia . |
| 19 | Another point to look out for is how easy it is to merge names and addresses from the database into a document . |
| 20 | Then in the 1830s thousands of immigrants arrived to seek homes and work in the new town that had been laid out by Joseph Pease , the Quaker industrialist who had extended the famous Stockton to Darlington railway so as to export coal from his Teeside wharves . |
| 21 | The defendant applied for an order that the five other members of the management committee , including the appellant , be joined under Order 5 , rule 5 as persons responsible to pay damages and costs to the plaintiff . |
| 22 | I could n't figure out why our spirits were supposed to have bodies and exist in the physical world of cars and houses . |
| 23 | To see how men began to entertain values and engage in the pursuit of excellence we need additional sources of information . |
| 24 | ‘ The driver — I know now it was Keith — waved to say thanks and drove into the car park . |
| 25 | In 1853 , after visiting the Strand union workhouse to see an old nurse , she conceived the idea of systematic visits to the workhouse by neighbourhood ladies to say prayers and converse with the inmates . |
| 26 | to ask questions and listen to the answers ; |
| 27 | The presidents of Guatemala , Honduras , Costa Rica , and Nicaragua expressed their ‘ decided support ’ for El Salvador 's President Alfredo Cristiani and issued an ‘ urgent call ’ to the leftwing rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) to cease hostilities and return to the bargaining table . |
| 28 | The warp loops marked on the map are to misdirect intruders and add to the security of the Bloodheart — whenever anyone or anything except Drachenfels himself treads on the start-point of a warp loop , roll a D10 to see where they end up : |
| 29 | During the preparation of the proposal , key members of staff are encouraged to visit schools where the project is already in action in order to gain ideas and learn from the experience of others . |
| 30 | The children should be allowed to make things or play with the wood as they wish , but other materials may extend the possibility for experiment . |