Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 2 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 3 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 4 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
| 5 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 6 | An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future . |
| 7 | Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm . |
| 8 | She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on . |
| 9 | The courses are aimed at senior management and are intended to provide them with the knowledge and skills to exploit AIT effectively in their business . |
| 10 | The orthopaedic secretaries at that hospital should be telephoned to see which of the consultants is happy to do medico-legal reports and how quickly they can see patients . |
| 11 | Stuart is too good to be kept on the sidelines at a time when England have looked to include him in the B squad as the next stage of his international career . |
| 12 | They held him in a detention camp for three months , the Germans , and then the officers had come to see him from the SS . |
| 13 | We have come to see it through the eyes of the people who take part in it . |
| 14 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 15 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've come to escort you to the Academy , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 17 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 18 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 19 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 20 | Specially designed to help everyone in the family cope with the problems of epilepsy , it costs £12.50 from BEA , . |
| 21 | It 's an antique and that bloke 's an antique dealer , he 's come to nick it off the line and flog it for thousands . |
| 22 | Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future . |
| 23 | Or the shift from ‘ producer capitalism ’ to consumer capitalism , in which , for example , the moment of distribution has come to assert itself versus the moment of production . |
| 24 | How could the working class make effective use of the political power which the vote was expected to give them without the opportunity to engage in an open discussion of political principle and perspectives ? |
| 25 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 26 | This is the outer layer of the tent designed to protect you from the elements , usually wind and rain , but it could also be from heat . |
| 27 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 28 | The landlord 's wife was expected to accompany him on the trip to Head Office . |
| 29 | He had come to question her in the manner of someone who comes to peer at a freak in a sideshow . |
| 30 | As we see when we examine the Spycatcher cases , in the area of civil liberties the courts seem to have come to regard themselves as the partners of the executive , tackling difficult problems together , rather than as a separate , autonomous , and sometimes necessarily antagonistic branch of government . |