Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited until their faces reached a satisfactory degree of indignation then , over the next half hour , his low north-country voice spun out a story which revealed that political interests in the United States had channelled money through MacQuillan 's companies to enable him to acquire the Post ( or any other major British newspaper which came on the market and could be turned into a propaganda tool ) . |
| 2 | In courteously making a special journey to Beeching 's home to induce him to accept the invitation , Gardiner incurred the Prime Minister 's displeasure : Dr Beeching should have been invited to call on the Lord Chancellor . |
| 3 | At the end of his judgment he said , at p. 356 , that mandamus would not lie to direct the benchers of Gray 's Inn to compel them to call the applicant , who was a student member of the Inn , to the degree of a barrister-at-law and added that , if there was a ground for mandamus , the party must take the ancient course of applying to the 12 judges . |
| 4 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 5 | Her strong commitment to women 's rights led her to write the first Salvadorean publication on the oppression of women , The Condition of Women in El Salvador , published in Mexico in 1961 . |
| 6 | venerable old Jew whose noble nature and gratitude to Fledgeby for releasing him from debts owed to Fledgeby 's father cause him to serve the young man devotedly as agent for Pubsey & Co . |
| 7 | Clear of the harbour , Ron 's farver took them to see the |
| 8 | Truman 's victory encouraged him to revive the battle for the Fair Deal . |
| 9 | Jesus practised levitation when he walked on water ( Mark 6:45f ) and Elisha 's clairaudience enabled him to overhear the enemy 's tactical talks before battle ( 2 Kings 6:8–12 ) . |
| 10 | The horse in fact had the beginnings of colic , and Rosslyn 's understanding enabled her to help the horse before the situation became too serious . |
| 11 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 12 | Most at risk is Venice , California , on Los Angeles 's Pacific shore , where the Venice in Peril organisation welcomes visitors ' support to help them to save the many cultural treasures , some of them almost 50 years old . |
| 13 | Above all , experiencing our parents ' death forces us to face the fact of our own mortality . |