Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God sent the Spirit of Jesus to his followers in order to equip them to carry on the mission of his Son in the world . |
| 2 | For example , the psychological dilemmas of women 's two roles discussed in the late 1950s by Myrdal and Klein are said by them to affect only the minority of educated middle-class women . |
| 3 | Later , when we 're nearer completion , you might like to offer a free trip to the agents he recommends — get them to pass on the news to their customers . |
| 4 | take better policy decisions by assisting them to work out the implications of their basic strategy in terms of policies in specific areas , to establish the relative priorities to be given to the different sectors of their programme as a whole , to identify those areas of policy in which new choices can be exercised and to ensure that the underlying implications of alternative courses of action are fully analysed and considered . |
| 5 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 6 | He told them to sort out the terrorists by whatever means they chose . |
| 7 | Will he instruct them to explore further the possibility of greater co-operation so that we can work , train and perhaps exercise with the Russian forces ? |
| 8 | The adventurers might have to find some information in Castle Drachenfels to enable them to track down the location of Ghal-Maraz , or they might have to ensure that the Great Enchanter remains safely dead and does n't enter the fray . |
| 9 | ‘ My life with Gary and my mother and her occult friends has enabled me to pick out the symptoms by which we may recognise those who are involved in the occult . |
| 10 | ‘ They are trying to sling mud at me to cover up the defeat by Peru , ’ he said , rising to his own defence and pointing a brave if belated finger back at the SFA . |
| 11 | He looked suddenly suspicious that I was making fun of him , which I was n't , and grabbed me to look down the front of my dress . |
| 12 | ‘ It was clever of you to work out the connection with Jim Lancaster , ma'am . ’ |
| 13 | On a personal level , the New Moon on the 24th and the eclipsed Full Moon on December 9 enable you to sort out the wheat from the chaff and decide exactly where your true loyalties lie . |
| 14 | I needed you to point out the facts of life . ’ |
| 15 | Question five asks you to fill in the rhythm of the music in bar ten . |
| 16 | These innovative window decorations allow you to recreate authentically the beauty of stained glass in your home , at a fraction of the cost of the real thing . |
| 17 | they , they actually assign there 's er , there 's er a computer system which er allows you to build up the rates for doing work . |
| 18 | ‘ Let's hope he does n't want you to hobble up the aisle with a leg in plaster . ’ |
| 19 | Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert . |
| 20 | The couple gave just a hint of the trauma they faced in an open letter thanking the press for allowing them to put together the pieces of their relationship in private . |
| 21 | But it sits long enough for me to point out the difference between the two species . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't expect me to give away the tricks of the trade , do you ? ’ snapped Casey Kucharyk , who was to win Amateur Class II ( up to 5ft 9in ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 24 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 25 | Who is to say that they are wrong , if it helps them to live out the rest of their lives in a happier frame of mind ? |
| 26 | On 9 March , Coleman received a detailed encrypted message from Control setting up Operation Shakespeare , clearing his visit to Lebanon and instructing him to carry out the mission as Thomas Leavy , of Westinghouse Group W News . |
| 27 | Churchill 's ‘ overlords ’ certainly enabled him to slim down the Cabinet to sixteen members . |
| 28 | They were in luck , for the sky was still murky and a thin drizzle falling , excuse enough for him to cover his head and shadow his face within his capuchon , and for her to pull forward the hood of her old cloak , and hide within it . |
| 29 | They only wanted her to clean out the drain with a stick . ’ |
| 30 | Hands at her mouth , she bolted to the bathroom , slamming the door behind her to shut out the sounds of her vomiting as her stomach relieved itself of its contents with such violence that she was left retching drily long afterwards until the spasms died away . |