Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damages being unpaid , he sought to levy execution upon Hansard and to put the sheriff 's men in to distrain goods to the value of the judgment . |
| 2 | Well that takes us on nicely to more interviews , this time I 'm coming down to meet members of the audience . |
| 3 | And then a woman who had come in to sell flowers to the customers overheard their conversation and intervened . |
| 4 | FOOTBALL-MAD Mike Grimsley gets a pal to tune in to match commentaries on the radio — then listens in over the phone . |
| 5 | Associated activities , including road-building and the introduction of electricity , have led to a rapid expansion of settlements , notably at Benemerito , with peasant farmers moving in to clear stretches of the forest for crop growing . |
| 6 | Passed down to master distillers through the centuries , it is this recipe and the insistence on using only the very best natural ingredients that sets Gordon 's Gin apart . |
| 7 | Is the press going to be invited in to take photographs at the dress rehearsal ? |
| 8 | Fairey Battle squadrons went in to attack bridges over the canal at Maastricht . |
| 9 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 10 | ‘ We know Clydebank will make it difficult for us on their own ground but it is important to this club that Aberdeen go through to meet Hibs in the semi-finals , ’ said manager Willie Miller . |
| 11 | ‘ Nicola said he was the man sent over to organise things for the Mafia . |
| 12 | The Network was set up to enable journalists in the UK to campaign on behalf of journalists overseas who suffer human rights abuses . |
| 13 | It will house a nucleus family of gorillas in its other half and we hope to be able to start a breeding programme and also to collect funds for and publicise the Digit Fund , set up to conserve gorillas in the wild . |
| 14 | The suicide had clearly been well planned — an elaborate device had been set up to pump fumes from the exhaust to the car through a hose . |
| 15 | The Evesham Laboratory was set up to serve growers in the Vale of Evesham and it 's been taken away and Wolverhampton is quite out of the question . |
| 16 | Leaflets with details of the offer were being sent to 18 million households in the UK today and a Share Information Office was set up to handle inquiries from the public on 081 200 3000 . |
| 17 | A conveyancing appeals tribunal will be set up to hear appeals against the decisions of the board . |
| 18 | At dinner he rapped his fork and knife on the plate , picked up and handled things on the table , turned the salt shaker upside down , kicked the table and his sister , and intermittently , throughout the meal , jumped up to do somersaults in the living room . |
| 19 | Raised up to ensure views over the canal basin , the concourse/café area is the most exciting space in Porters South — and forms the heart of the scheme . |
| 20 | A tri- national research network is being set up to study measures of the quality of life , which includes Queen Mary and Westfield College and our collaborating centre in France ( INSERM CJF 88-12 ) . |
| 21 | Mr Ken Wood , of Hilton Road , Seamer , near Stokesley , is to run the nursery , set up to reunite badgers with the wild . |
| 22 | The Defence Fund was set up to assist members during the period of a strike or a lock-out . |
| 23 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 24 | Sweet , shy and doe-eyed at home , she would rush up to complete strangers in the street , grapple with her skirts and shout : ‘ Sardarji ! |
| 25 | The probability is that in May or October ( still a toss-up between them ) Mrs Thatcher will offer more of the same , judging by what has been emerging from the dozen policy groups set up to produce ideas for the manifesto . |
| 26 | The South East and London Academic Group has been set up to prepare candidates for the diploma in medical jurisprudence . |
| 27 | Please return one copy of the drawing marked up to show details of the position and approximate depths of any of your proposed or existing services which may be affected by the Works . |
| 28 | John Knight would like to sell the hull or cut it up to make souvenirs like the Berlin Wall . |
| 29 | Several working parties were set up to make recommendations on the content of each subject and on the appropriate levels of attainment at each stage . |
| 30 | Sheringham finally completed his move from Nottingham Forest yesterday and will be out to provide Spurs with the firepower that has been missing since Gary Lineker left . |