Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 2 | Fell in love with the Duke of Athens ’ sweet little widow , and tried to get rid of the Patriarch of Constantinople when he would n't let him divorce his first wife . |
| 3 | All the individuals referred to have contributed to the creation of goodness to a degree above that which is being created by millions of people in their ordinary day-to-day dealings . |
| 4 | Missing , believed to have scarpered with the manager of Boots . |
| 5 | ‘ A major pile-up on the E 35 near Freiburg … reported eight cars involved … heavy casualties … also reported a large refrigerated truck driving north along the southbound lane caused the latest holocaust … the truck driver believed to have died in the pile-up … more details in our next news bulletin … |
| 6 | It seemed to stay stuck to the glass , its shape twisted up , for a very long time . |
| 7 | With a shock Juliet realised that her aspirations there seemed to have faded in the light of her latest discovery . |
| 8 | The woman she seemed to have become over the course of a single weekend — just forty-eight hours — bore no resemblance to the vague mental picture she had always , possibly complacently , had of herself . |
| 9 | During a lull , when for once nothing seemed to have fallen under the machine , she tried to catch her attention . |
| 10 | ‘ How was he ? ’ asked Rachel , pleased that Jimmy seemed to have gone to the hospital again of his own accord . |
| 11 | The bungalow again seemed to have grown in the moonlight , and was now a Moorish temple , where the infidel foe lurked . |
| 12 | Subsequent re-opening to passengers on 11 December 1922 heralded a new era for the station and trade seemed to have awakened to the transport needs of the community . |
| 13 | ‘ Look … ’ she began in a cool voice , glancing round for Tara , who seemed to have disappeared into the house , ‘ when I used the phrase ‘ playing gooseberry ’ , I was referring to my staying at Hummingbird House . |
| 14 | Mrs Gray seemed to have come to the end of what she wanted to say . |
| 15 | There was likely to be more interest in a member of the family who seemed to have come to the boil than in Sara who would cost time and patience to bring to blood heat . |
| 16 | She seemed to have come on the retreat more out of material loyalty than religious devotion . |
| 17 | Nothing seemed to have come of the silver salver idea , no doubt because of the continuing need for secrecy . |
| 18 | The red-haired woman in the house next door most certainly heard it , and hurried to another upstairs window to look out the back , for the cry seemed to have come from the yard of her neighbour 's house . |
| 19 | The plants which seemed to have died during the winter 's cold — the snapdragon , the hibiscus and the frangipani — miraculously sprang back to life and back into bloom . |
| 20 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 21 | It must have transmitted itself to the patients , for even they gave up after their initial attempts at jollity , and by mid-morning a definite air of gloom seemed to have settled over the place . |
| 22 | To his surprise he noticed that they seemed to have burned into the wood . |
| 23 | The minister therefore seemed to have carried through the understanding reached with the British Medical Association in September . |
| 24 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 25 | Kate gave him a suspicious look , but he seemed to have recovered from the rage she 'd been fairly sure he 'd been trying to keep under control before she left the room . |
| 26 | And Luke seemed to have recovered from the bitterness her innocent remark had triggered . |
| 27 | The younger fighter seemed to have recovered from the knockdown . |
| 28 | His accusations backed up with the evidence found by Craig would be enough to convict Spencer and send him to prison for some time , once his whereabouts were discovered , for Spencer seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth . |
| 29 | Mr Cole said Johanna seemed to have got over the break-up with her boyfriend , who joined the search for her . |
| 30 | The pattern of changes claimed to have resulted from the scheme differs sharply between the phases . |