Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that ! |
| 2 | Durkheim sought to provide an answer to this question by demonstrating that society forms an integrated unity similar to that of living organisms . |
| 3 | Death sentence : A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death for blasphemy against Mohammad . |
| 4 | And just as there are books on the Munros , Richard Goedeke has written a guide to their alpine equivalents , describing each peak and the easiest way up it . |
| 5 | Pakistan have n't complained yet but ICC secretary Colonel John Stephenson has sent a FAX to their Board ‘ asking whether there is any official objection ’ . |
| 6 | Last June David Ennals tried to introduce an amendment to the Mental Health Act which would have allowed nurses to withdraw from ECT . |
| 7 | Financial adviser Peter Hargreaves of Hargreaves Lansdown has produced a guide to Gilts which he will send free to Assets readers who call 0272 741 309 . |
| 8 | On Sept. 10 Gorbachev had addressed a telegram to all republican , regional and local leaderships calling on them to take action to prevent a collapse of law and order . |
| 9 | I agreed with him , even if Posh Porky had won a scholarship to some place called St Paul 's , which in any case was miles away in Hammersmith . |
| 10 | The historian Cassius Dio , a contemporary of that period , related how Albinus had taken an army to Gaul to face Severus . |
| 11 | , Mercury accumulation in lakes across Canada and the United States continues to pose a threat to health , despite earlier claims that it had virtually been eliminated as a problem , according to recent studies . |
| 12 | In June 1308 Edward had accompanied a letter to the pope on Gaveston 's behalf with the grant of the castle of Blanquefort to the pope 's nephew ; later that year , at the pope 's request , the king released some prisoners , among whom was Walter Langton , bishop of Lichfield , who had offended the barons by his corruption and extortion at the exchequer and the king by earlier siding with Edward I against Gaveston . |
| 13 | There is one scene in which the straight-guy Suwelo refuses to push a cart to the shops , he would rather go by car ; pushing a cart makes him feel un-manned . |
| 14 | Direct talks with the Banks in Northern Ireland failed to bring a settlement to the IBOA claim of a 7% increase from 1st March , 1993 , for a 12 month period . |
| 15 | Boeing has issued a warning to airlines to check the pins after 3,000 take-offs , while before the crash they recommended checks only after more than 5,000 . |
| 16 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 17 | Dr. Tomlin has written a letter to Mr Gorbachev explaining about his hunger strike , and asking for support to help make him a Czech national again . |
| 18 | At present the work of the Palaeontological Department staff in Scotland includes providing a service to the field staff related to long term field projects and site investigation enquiries , curating the extensive collections of Scottish fossils in their care and conducting specialist research . |
| 19 | Eva recollects making a commitment to Christ when she became a junior soldier . |
| 20 | The tribunal was told that Mr Nicholson had shown a vibrator to a class of teenage boys , and also invited pupils to chalk four-letter words on the blackboard and to shout-out ‘ the F-word ’ and other swear words . |
| 21 | Two years ago Mr Gladstone had promised that by 1855 taxation would drop to sixpence in the pound , but the war in the Crimea had put a stop to such plans . |
| 22 | In 1843 Mr Read of Crediton suggested attaching a farm to the College , where every kind of stock-farming , manuring , buying and selling , could occasionally be left to the judgment of the senior students . |
| 23 | Attlee and Mountbatten have done a service to all mankind by showing what statesmen can do not with force and money but with lucidity , resolution and sincerity . |
| 24 | Working on the template agreed with his fellow coaches , McGeechan and Douglas Morgan , Dixon has brought a dynamism to the driving mauls , mostly triggered from clean lineout ball , which had seemed largely beyond the Scottish Exiles — four of whom are in the pack — when they attempted to deploy that tactic during the inter-district championship . |
| 25 | ‘ Crusaid has made a donation to almost every major HIV/AIDS project in the UK ’ |
| 26 | The leader of the Bosnian Serbs has given an assurance to the United Nations that they 'll stop firing on non-military targets in Sarajevo . |
| 27 | The UN has dispatched an official to Kismayu to investigate exactly what was happening . |
| 28 | Armstrong of Mangerton offered to send a messenger to Graham of Netherby — his wife was a Graham — to ensure that there would be no trouble with that warlike English clan . |
| 29 | However , in 1803 Sir Michael le Fleming had granted a lease to William Evetts Sheffield of the " Polygon Sommers Town " in Middlesex , promising him all minerals save slate for a term of 21 years at a Royalty of one-twelfth . |
| 30 | With research in mind and with the aid of a fellowship , in 1940 , Williams had taken a journey to the Caribbean where he visited Cuba , Haiti , Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic . |