Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turner 's Automatic Points were installed at the Robin Hood junction , and cars coasted to take the corner for Anerley , but continued under power for the straight road to Penge . |
| 2 | Missionaries and preachers strove to switch the focus of hatred from the God of Change to the products of change dwelling in the interior . |
| 3 | Boyfriend Garry Curtis , of Bedhampton , Hants , dragged her to safety — and rescuers arrived to find the couple , who had fallen out at a party , kissing and hugging . |
| 4 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 5 | He considers attempts by county councils to set up ‘ industrial liaison groups ’ through which firms were able to express their concerns over planning processes and procedures , and planners tried to influence the behaviour of firms . |
| 6 | The consultants and registrars undertook to see the X-rays and examine the patient , document appropriate treatment and countersign the request forms during the pilot study and until the training had been completed . |
| 7 | Both the Augustinians and Dominicans sought to combine the qualities of actives and contemplatives in their way of life and teaching ; they stressed the need for penance and man 's dependence on God 's grace for that illumination of understanding through faith and love that they believed was knowledge of God . |
| 8 | A possible explanation for this is suggested by the secondary case study ( West , Chapter 3 in this volume ) where it was reported that there were indications that heads of departments and years tended to bear the brunt of the review activities . |
| 9 | When Sussex gentlemen and townsmen began to question the practices of the church , they found new allies in the Flemings and Frenchmen who fled for asylum in the 1540s from persecution by Catholic monarchs abroad . |
| 10 | Friends and relatives continued to circle the liner in small boats ; a fox terrier , sent on ahead from Germany , was rowed out each day and held up towards the rail and its distant owners . |
| 11 | After the first decade of Alexander I 's reign censorship became progressively more heavy-handed , and under Nicholas I travel to the West was curtailed and efforts made to prevent the import of seditious books . |
| 12 | Because the event ( the jump ) is known in advance , the effects of practice and mastery could be assessed , and efforts made to influence the coping process . |
| 13 | At a microscopic level , the range of factors and substances behaved to influence the interactions between neurones has been greatly widened . |
| 14 | Finns began to express an interest in Karelia , acquired by the USSR following the Winter War ; and the Estonians and Latvians began to query the status of their boundaries with Russia . |
| 15 | Experiments and observations failed to resolve the controversy . |
| 16 | But in the event , most of the speakers and delegates appeared to relish the challenges that lay ahead . |
| 17 | Debris and tiny bodies circled like a halo of scurf , brightening periodically as those metal shards and corpses tilted to catch the sunlight of space … |
| 18 | The solicitors moved in , volunteers answered phones , typed documents , and novices learnt to operate the computers and word-processors . |
| 19 | Doubters , sceptics and Benthamites sought to dissolve the mystery in the clear light of reason , but succeeded only in creating a vacuum that was equally disturbing . |
| 20 | The spokesman said the Council of Mayors of Arab Towns and Villages refused to accept the Bosnians even after it was given the text of a message from the vice president of Bosnia approving the flight . |
| 21 | Six days later , at the end of the customary debate on the Address , Labour and Liberals united to defeat the Conservatives by seventy-two votes . |
| 22 | Officers , workers and congressmen decided to fight the decision , mostly by persuading the Defence Base Closure and Realignment Commission to shut down Everett instead . |
| 23 | Both government and landlords continued to uphold the village commune as a convenient instrument for apportioning tax , labour dues , and , in many areas , allotments of land . |
| 24 | ‘ The governors asked for ideas to improve the school and pupils voted to improve the toilets , which are about 40 years old . ’ |
| 25 | A galaxy of cameramen and reporters gathered to witness the performance of the first county since 1921 to join the Championship . |
| 26 | Five people were killed when troops and police intervened to arrest the rebels and to disperse a crowd of some 5,000 which had gathered around the radio station . |
| 27 | Some 8,000 troops , firemen and police attempted to bring the fire under control . |
| 28 | Some 8,000 troops , firemen and police attempted to bring the fire under control . |
| 29 | Aid poured in and couples rushed to adopt the children . |
| 30 | Imran and others had to face the taunts of the bigots … times are changing |