Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This bad timing is typical for Deirdre , who once tried to kill a faithless lover with an ashtray , but succeeded only in setting the hotel room on fire . |
| 32 | THE UVF have admitted they tried to kill a Protestant man in east Belfast last night . |
| 33 | Wins against Western Samoa and Zimbabwe at the start of this season helped to restore a little confidence after the 58-3 humiliation by England in Bucharest last May . |
| 34 | But Soviet support for the neutralisation of Cambodia and Laos helped to stimulate a regional interest in neutrality in Southeast Asia which was developed by the ASEAN states in the 1970s . |
| 35 | He also studied under the successful architect Isaac Ware [ q.v. ] whom he helped prepare a new edition of Lord Burlington 's Fabbriche Antiche , a book of engravings from the collection of Palladio drawings belonging to Lord Burlington ( Richard Boyle , third Earl of Burlington , q.v . ) . |
| 36 | The geographer Vaughan Cornish tried to establish a scientific basis for the study of scenic heritage . |
| 37 | Despite the provision for votes ( weighted broadly according to members ' population size ) the Council usually tried to establish a unanimous position among the member states . |
| 38 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
| 39 | After he became a Communist , Neruda consciously tried to write a different kind of poetry incorporating a political message and which would be comprehensible to working people , the most famous and successful example of which is his Canto General . |
| 40 | Finally , in the latter months of 1945 , as Britain tried to obtain a massive loan from the USA to remain financially solvent , a conference was arranged for January 1946 in Bermuda . |
| 41 | The Hellenistic kings tried to provide a visual legitimisation of their position by choosing portraits which were closely derived from those of Alexander the Great . |
| 42 | Ferguson tried to provide a balanced conclusion by viewing the situation from the Russian perspective : |
| 43 | And , indeed , they helped to establish a new resurgence of interest in the sociology of law . |
| 44 | I would say that the CNAA was responsible for establishing the arts in higher education , first as subjects valid for higher education , and second as subjects valuable to the country , in other words it helped to establish a national reputation for the arts at this level , which had never existed before . |
| 45 | In the mid-second century in Phrygia a vehement anti-Gnostic reaction helped to inflame a powerful movement of charismatic prophecy , led by Montanus and two women , Prisca and Maximilla . |
| 46 | The restaurant changed , as did the maître d' , but he still watched like a hawk and swooped with a pained query if you did n't savour every mouthful or tried to hide a tough end of meat under your lettuce . |
| 47 | As the British moved to create a new regime for their airlines after the war , the outstanding unresolved issue from the Chicago conference remained : the need for an Anglo-American air transport agreement . |
| 48 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |
| 49 | Working the paint thickly with a knife I tried to create a jarring effect with colour and texture conveying the power and pain of the experience . |
| 50 | The evidence comes from a number of sources , for instance , the ex-head of reactor designer research at Harwell , Mr Denis Dorson , he on a number of occasions tried to institute a great number of changes into the reactors to make them safer . |
| 51 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 52 | Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam 's wristwatch — she was n't wearing her own since it would have looked totally out of place with the slinky black number she was wearing — only to have her eyes riveted on his hands . |
| 53 | PC Peter Betts was on a training run when he crashed into a hedge as he tried to avoid a head-on collision with a lorry . |
| 54 | All students from overseas are encouraged and helped to play a full part in the life of the University community and to take every advantage of the academic and recreational facilities available to them throughout their periods of study . |
| 55 | All students from overseas are encouraged and helped to play a full part in the life of the University community and to take every advantage of the academic and recreational facilities available to them throughout their periods of study . |
| 56 | Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner . |
| 57 | The former related to the quest for spiritual happiness , the latter to the sciences which , in their practical application , helped to constitute a third category of ‘ artificial ’ knowledge . |
| 58 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 59 | Until then , police practice involved turning a blind eye to minor breaches of public decency rather than embarking on lengthy prosecutions . |
| 60 | Thanks to all the teachers from Inner Kent who helped provide a lovely tea at the training day . |