Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actors and dancers came to Alexander for advice ; he became a therapist and in 1900 moved to England to set up a practice in London . |
| 2 | It was Aer Lingus girl , Denise McCarthy , who caused the day 's biggest upset against the great Mary McKenna to set up a clash with Baltray 's pretty Oonagh Purfield for promotion to the last eight . |
| 3 | Permission was obtained from the APU and HMSO to make up a test of APU items for the purpose of comparing different samples participating in the project . |
| 4 | The Miseroni were called to Prague to set up a workshop for crystal carving and gem cutting , and they laid the foundations for the Bohemian cut-glass industry . |
| 5 | She had not abandoned her own efforts , but she had got Mrs Diggory to fetch up a couple of girls from the village . |
| 6 | One such plan was Reith 's appointment of Patrick Abercrombie and the LCC architect J. H. Forshaw to draw up a scheme for the rebuilding of London . |
| 7 | By comparison , in Area 6 , Record Centre Maidstone continue in sparkling form at the head of the table , achieving their third win of the season against Crawley , which , in turn , enabled David Lloyd Eastbourne to move up a place above the leader 's victims . |
| 8 | England started in the team tournament with a 4–2 victory over Austria to open up a chance for bronze or silver medal . |
| 9 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 10 | Mr Christopher plans to ask Israel to speed up a review of the case . |
| 11 | The PPL recently commissioned Gallup to carry out a survey of the benefits of recorded music . |
| 12 | Alarmed by inner-city tensions in reaction to mass immigration from the Commonwealth , in June 1955 the Home Secretary asked Sir Anthony Eden to set up a committee of inquiry , to drum up support for immigration controls . |
| 13 | Even nipping into Boots to pick up a bottle of shampoo or popping into Woolworths for some pick 'n' mix can turn out to be a major sensory-assault course . |
| 14 | The Cabinet will meet for the first time on Wednesday to draw up a programme of legislation for the new session of Parliament , which will last 18 months until the autumn of 1993 . |
| 15 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 16 | Looking at the account books — the real ones , not the fabrications served up to the Poles and the League of Nations — it was clear that Danzig 's projected budget for 1934–5 would run at a deficit of over 44 million gulden , which , when added to the employment projects the Nazis needed to keep their supporters in Danzig happy and faithful , would leave the Reichsbank to pick up a bill of over 110 million marks . |
| 17 | The panel will meet in September to draw up a shortlist of 15 titles in three age categories , with the overall winner to be announced on 17th November . |
| 18 | The money helps BCE to carry out a range of initiatives , including the provision of soft loans for new businesses , managed workshops for new businesses , low-cost premises for expanding businesses , training for ex-mineworkers and job shops . |
| 19 | THAILAND 'S James Wattana booked his quarter-final place in the Royal Liver Assurance UK snooker Championship yesterday with a 9–1 win over Mike Hallett at Preston to set up a meeting with Jimmy White today . |
| 20 | He was foaled on the South Island of New Zealand , and his entry in the catalogue for the 1928 Trentham Yearling Sales took the eye of Sydney-based trainer Harry Telford , who persuaded owner David Davis to send in a bid for the horse . |
| 21 | Even in the mid-1960s , RENFE 's revised statute ( Decree Law 23-VII-64 ) embodied an expectation that the company would be able to dispense with state support : there were provisions for RENFE to pay back a portion of its gross income to the treasury . |
| 22 | for example , an older sister found a sponsor for Gerta Jassem just two months after arriving in London to take up a job as a chambermaid . |
| 23 | Murdock lost no time in setting out for London to take out a patent for his model . |
| 24 | With the economy in the doldrums and the Pound struggling to keep its head above water , it was no time for Terry to splash out a couple of hundred quid beside the seaside . |
| 25 | Two more world champions are in action tonight ; Swindon 's Bob Anderson lines up with John Lowe at the Super Marine Club in South Marston to take on a handful of local challengers who make up the best in the west . |
| 26 | It was very cold in the room , for Iskandara had given orders that a fire was not to be lit there as a matter of course and Alexandra was shy of asking Mary or little Annie to bring up a bucket of coals for her . |