Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] he [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That morning , just after Sullivan had received a cable form Washington telling him to inform the new government that the United States would continue diplomatic relations with Iran , machine guns mounted on the surrounding buildings all opened up in a pre-arranged barrage . |
| 2 | Coghill allowed him to understudy the leading part , ‘ the complicated sex-driven Puritan ’ , Angelo . |
| 3 | George Bush chose him to run the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) at a time when he still thought he could co-opt and not alienate the green lobby . |
| 4 | Bush persuaded him to resign the top foreign policy post and become White House chief of staff , in charge of the campaign . |
| 5 | Wolfgang intended to write an opera for Paris , but Leopold warned him to study the national taste first , since his reputation would hang on his first piece . |
| 6 | For Aleksandras Macijauskas , photography began as a profession when Sutkus persuaded him to join the Lithuanian Photographic Society based in the capital Vilnius . |