Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 2 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 3 | In the August 1949 election the German people favoured the CDU ( 31 per cent ) over the SPD ( 29 per cent ) , and other parties too proved willing to support Adenauer for the Chancellorship . |
| 4 | Although the heart of his empire was the Neville land , it would be wrong to cast Gloucester in the role of hereditary northern magnate , whose estates made him an independent regional force . |
| 5 | Although the heart of his empire was the Neville land , it would be wrong to cast Gloucester in the role of hereditary northern magnate , whose estates made him an independent regional force . |
| 6 | I was so aggravated that I was prepared to believe Brenda on the switchboard was lying on his behalf , pretending there was no reply . |
| 7 | Meanwhile Aussie coach John Dorahy will stick to the best of British to keep Wigan at the top of the Rugby League world . |
| 8 | I wonder if one of you would be prepared to represent CPRW on the Action Group ? |
| 9 | The club are prepared to back Lawrence in the transfer market and chairman Colin Henderson has promised £2m for team-strengthening . |
| 10 | When it 's daylight in Leningrad and the buses and lorries are roaring along the wide Nevsky , and African delegates are being toasted at multi-course lunches at the Astoria , then it 's easy to see Leningrad as the birthplace of Communism . |
| 11 | The display is now set to tour Scotland for the remainder of the centenary year , taking in several locations which have strong MacDiarmid associations — Langholm , where he was born ; Montrose where his masterpiece A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle was composed ; and Lanark , close to Brownsbank where he spent the later years of his life . |
| 12 | The North Down side are due to play Cliftonville at the Oval on April 2 — the same night Northern Ireland 's schoolboys face England in a schoolboy international at Castlereagh Park . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman is right to identify Westminster as the seat of government . |
| 14 | Being pestered by the press was hardly likely to put Veronica in the mood for unexpected visitors . |
| 15 | Which was why , at the very end , when Gordon tuned in on the wireless to a dance band and Robert was supposed to waltz Olwyn about the room , Stella had no patience with St Ives 's reaction to Geoffrey 's ten-second delay in putting on the gramophone record . |
| 16 | Mr McNeilage added that Alistair is due to leave Rwanda at the end of February . |
| 17 | But for some reason he was unwilling to tell Parry about the stranger in the mist . |
| 18 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 19 | I just did n't seem to be able to handle Eric on the telephone . |
| 20 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |
| 21 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 22 | The report , by Marketing Magazine , found 79 per cent of viewers able to link Andrex with the child stranded as his pet steals the toilet roll . |
| 23 | He would have been able to tell Gould about the wealth of unusual birds around Adelaide , and persuade him of the necessity of collecting in the area . |
| 24 | Again , many scholars see the sole reason for Matthew placing Jesus in Egypt as that he is then able to show Jesus as the fulfilment of another Old Testament statement found in the book of the prophet Hosea : I called my son out of Egypt ( Hosea 11:1 ) . |
| 25 | Langston was finally able to pin MPTP as the culprit . |
| 26 | He had also declared that it was not possible to judge Albania by the example of other countries and that " centralized government and tight disciple " [ i.e. one-party rule ] had been essential to Albania 's development . |
| 27 | Cliff said , ‘ I am pleased to support ACET in the world they are doing . |
| 28 | Government officials in Dublin warned that they will make an official complaint to the European Commission if they find proof of claims that Britain used the lure of £400 million worth of lucrative defence contracts to persuade Digital to retain Ayr at the expense of Galway . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems possible to place France in the company of those countries — Germany and the US included — which at mid century experienced a ‘ railway Kondratieff ’ with emphatic growth-industry capabilities ’ ( Trebilcock , 1981 ) . |
| 30 | When George opened the door , he was amazed to see Jonna on the step looking pale and distressed . |