Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So at 18 , she seized her chance to leave her Ilford , Essex home , waving a fond farewell to her parents and sister , and accepted a place at Hull University to study for a degree in Operational Research and Management . |
| 2 | If the EEC did wish to go beyond the 1962 agreement on agriculture , the arrangements of which were in any case due to expire in 1965 , if financing was permitted to come from the EEC 's own resources , and if the latter were to be levied on imports , then it was sensible for the EEC budget to come under the control of the European Parliament . |
| 3 | There 's a story of a Hercules which left Ascension Island to go to the Falklands . |
| 4 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |
| 5 | The donkey had been moved from its Exmoor sanctuary to graze during the summer . |
| 6 | They 'd stopped in Port Patrick harbour to wait for the tide . |
| 7 | As well as the four responsible for the Tate slayings , Manson also invited Family members Clem Gorgan and Leslie Van Houten to join in the fun . |
| 8 | Mrs Simmons drives to town each Saturday afternoon to shop at the market . |
| 9 | Ray Ranson , United 's skipper , was booked for his protests , which were maintained by his team-mates when Blackburn won possession and Mark Atkins headed down for David Speedie to score with a half-volley . |
| 10 | He had reached the age when friends and companions were beginning to die around him , and in the spring of this year he composed memorial addresses for two of them : William Collin Brooks , who ten years before had encouraged Valerie Fletcher to apply for the post of Eliot 's secretary , and Father Eric Cheetham , who had " taken in " Eliot after the separation from Vivien . |
| 11 | ‘ Your mother told Sergeant Curtis that Riddle left home at half-past seven on Friday evening to go to the yard ; was that unusual ? ’ |
| 12 | This can mean meeting the Press on a Monday or Tuesday night to explain about the performance , answer any questions and arrange interviews . |
| 13 | The union 's national executive is calling for a ‘ yes ’ vote and is likely to ask Nottinghamshire businesses to close for the day when a strike is called . |
| 14 | Jim Blackie , 41 , remembers catching the bus from his home in Gateshead every Friday night to go to the Oxford in the Sixties ‘ Everybody used to walk around in circles looking for a girl . |
| 15 | They came the Friday night to go for the midnight mail you know the one that comes to meet the boat . |
| 16 | Senate set up a working party under Professor Furmston , Council asked consultants Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte to look at the matter , convocation set up an ad hoc working group to respond to the first two reports , and the Vice-Chancellor produced a report for Council which drew together the common threads in all three . |
| 17 | She advanced the opinion that the bird would n't last much longer , and recommended Miss Vine to think about the purchase of a new one . |
| 18 | The well-organised Russian rearguard should have been pierced five minutes into the second half when Michael Thomas found himself just six yards out , only for Dmitri Khlestov to clear off the line . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a warrant ordering the arrest of Meredith Putt to answer to a charge of murder . |
| 20 | There 's enough building land within the present Milton Keynes boundary to last until the end of the century , but the Chamber of Commerce says it 's essential to plan for the future . |
| 21 | In a belated effort by the United States government to intervene in the conflict , US Assistant Secretary of State Herman Cohen arrived in Monrovia on Sept. 18 . |
| 22 | The last sentence was the cue for Miss Horsbrugh to announce to the House of Commons in April that the 10% Cut would be withdrawn and a Committee of Enquiry into adult education established instead . |
| 23 | Something urged Miss Logan to kneel before the pastor of Noah 's church ; but the presence and certain disapproval of Miss Fergusson , who dismissed as ‘ Romish ’ a large category of religious behaviour , prevented her . |
| 24 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
| 25 | For a few moments , to give Hookum Singh time to get to the hall and ring the bell for the last time , the Collector held the toppling pile of bodies by himself , then he sped across the drawing-room after the Sikhs , his boots crunching broken glass from the cases of stuffed animals ; the Sikhs had bare feet , however , and did not crunch it so loudly . |
| 26 | Despite our unsavoury choice of shipmates , our arrival was cause for celebration , and on the very first afternoon we were whisked away from Sinar Surya to stay in the comfort of the sultan 's guesthouse , which was far more impressive than anything we had seen in Makassar . |
| 27 | Rennie sat in the back of the car holding the pistol to Marita 's head and told her stepfather , Richard Loren to drive into the centre of Gloucester . |
| 28 | MEDICAL experts are to be called in by Middlesbrough council to report on the effects of hypnotism . |
| 29 | Feeling sheepish about his ineligibility for active servIce , Lewis had accepted an invitation from the RAF chaplains to tramp around the country and give talks to the men in various RAF stations . |
| 30 | Greatly did the Cid rejoice when he saw him alive and sound , and he ordered his chains to be taken off ; and then he left Alvar Fañez to look to the spoil , and went into Valencia with a hundred knights . |