Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But aid given to governments purely to buy strategic services , without any sensible economic conditions attached , merely keeps bad rulers in office . |
| 2 | AS Sir Patrick Mayhew and Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring met in Dublin today to discuss the way ahead , following the local election results , there was no clear path for them to follow . |
| 3 | A hastily-assembled six-man Iraqi delegation arrived in Turkey yesterday to discuss the plans , which they fear could affect rice and wheat crops in central and southern Iraq . |
| 4 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 5 | Chelsea 's other senior keeper , Kevin Hitchcock , is struggling to recover from injury , and the club have until midday today to sort out a new signing . |
| 6 | A HUGE advertising campaign gets under way today to promote the Government 's £5 billion third BT sale . |
| 7 | " The sepoys are very quiet , " the Collector called to Harry conversationally to stop him weeping , because now Lucy was starting and he was afraid that she would spoil the powder by dropping tears into the flask . |
| 8 | DETECTIVES hunting the killer of Rachel Nickel flew to Italy yesterday to quiz a gravedigger who worked near the spot where she died . |
| 9 | A US army team flew into Kenya yesterday to organise a massive food airlift to save neighbouring Somalia 's starving millions . |
| 10 | Fortunately there is no need to rely on occupation alone to assess social and economic status . |
| 11 | Andrew 's father flew to Spain yesterday to collect his son . |
| 12 | A NEW ‘ shop ’ called Delors 's Deli opened in Edinburgh yesterday to illustrate a consumer watchdog 's claim that the EC 's food policy costs the average family up to £18 a week . |
| 13 | Hilton recognises that while it is apparently unreasonable for man governed by reason utterly to devalue himself and attribute any good things which he does to Christ it is nevertheless the route to true identity , away from the temporal accidents which attract the self , to its essential which is discovered in Christ himself . |
| 14 | It is understood Winston McConville 's son Don travelled to Castlebar yesterday to identify the bodies of his father and uncle . |
| 15 | Scots protesting at rail privatisation went to London today to tell MP 's that jobs and services are in danger . |
| 16 | Scots protesting at rail privatisation went to London today to tell MP 's that jobs and services are in danger . |
| 17 | A NORTH-EAST solicitor appeared in court yesterday to face deception charges over legal aid . |