Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress patterns depicted in the simulation helped MacGregor to add stiffness to the club , reducing the stresses and improving its aerodynamic performance . |
| 2 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 3 | The first allowed Ragusa to take control of the Pelješac peninsula on payment of an annual tribute to Tsar Dušan , ruler of the Serbian empire . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , Durie woke up and subsequently allowed Paulus to take command from the baseline . |
| 5 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 6 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 7 | According to a report on Radio Free Lebanon on Nov. 12 Dallul asked Hezbollah to exercise self-restraint in the south . |
| 8 | Rachel was kinder and gentler towards her than she had ever been before ; but she also required Phoebe to take responsibility for the baby , to be a good mother , to take heed for the morrow . |
| 9 | The UNHCR also specifically asked Britain to suspend application of the ‘ safe third country ’ rule in the case of Yugoslavs , and to ‘ refrain altogether ’ from ‘ third country ’ deportations . |
| 10 | Hugh and Prior Robert had arrived at the priory late in the evening , paid their respects to the prior , attended Vespers to do reverence to the saints of the foundation , Saints Oswald and Wulstan , and taken Herluin and his attendants into their confidence about the loss , or at the very least the misplacement , of Saint Winifred 's reliquary ; with a sharp eye , at least on Hugh 's part , for the way the news was received . |