Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 2 | It had emerged that a recently formed Soviet state co-operative company called ANT , with clearance from at least three government ministries , had bought the tanks as surplus stock from an armaments factory at Nizhny Tagil in the Urals , had arranged to sell them to a Western country ( not officially disclosed , but unofficially reported to be France ) , and had stood to make US$8,000,000 profit on the deal . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've decided to give it to the Royal Horticultural Society as an eastern centre . |
| 4 | was delighted to tell you that we have already received our first nomination for this position in 1992. has been nominated and seconded and , as she is not a current elected member of the Executive Committee , it has been decided to invite her to the remaining Executive meetings as an observer so that she gets used to how the Society functions . |
| 5 | The Sheffield Star , in a piece not destined to endear him to the average Brightside voter , wrote of his ‘ ministerial pin stripes and patrician smooth accent . ’ |
| 6 | He had offered to take them to the local dressmaker 's to have them seamed in to a more fashionable line , but Gina would n't even let him do that . |
| 7 | Now that we 're in the war we 've got to bring it to a successful conclusion in a way which gives the best possible chance of lasting peace and security in the area . |
| 8 | Outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities are being challenged to test themselves to the full in an exciting sponsored event in the Peak District taking place this autumn . |
| 9 | An alpha version of NuTcracker is scheduled to make it to the outside world by the end of June followed by a beta by the end of July . |
| 10 | ‘ After all , even if Jefferson has perfected some magic putter which gives Harley an illegal edge on the greens , he will never be allowed to sell it to the ordinary punter , so there 's no point . |
| 11 | She had meant to confine herself to the unwelcome proposal of marriage from Manfro Draper , but somehow she found herself telling her listeners all about her mother and father . |
| 12 | She realised with a suppressed groan that she was forced to justify herself to the chief superintendent in the same terms as she had defended herself against Christine Mills . |
| 13 | But despite her appalling injuries , her parents have fought to send her to an ordinary school . |
| 14 | In an ensuing fight around Christmas time 1896 the police had swooped and arrested twenty-eight youths some of whom were found to be in possession of pistols , which was taken to link them to a young girl 's death — although this was some months later . |
| 15 | They once lived on a housing estate , but the council was forced to move them to the isolated bungalow after complaints from neighbours . |
| 16 | Just as its perspective gathers all that is extended to render it to the individual eye , so its means of representation render all that is depicted into the hands of the individual owner-spectator . |
| 17 | ‘ One would have shuddered to send him to a public school , ’ said the lady , who had in fact sat long and agonized in calculation of the cost of doing so . |
| 18 | But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line . |
| 19 | When Archbishop Bradwardine preached before Edward III after English victories at Crécy and Neville 's Cross in 1346 he claimed that God granted victory to whomever he willed , and he had willed to grant it to the virtuous . |
| 20 | Monie , who guided the Cherry and Whites to four successive league and Wembley doubles , narrowly failed to lead them to the Grand Slam last term after they were beaten by St Helens in the premiership final . |
| 21 | On Aug. 9 Iraq closed its borders to foreigners trying to leave Iraq or Kuwait ; on Aug. 12 Donald Croskery , a British businessman , was shot dead by Iraqi forces on the Kuwait-Saudi border ; and on Aug. 16 all US and British citizens in Kuwait were ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 22 | US and British citizens in Kuwait are ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 23 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 24 | Is he entitled to confine himself to the particular matters for which he is retained to advise or was he to consider all the circumstances affecting the underlying data including hypothetical circumstances or risks which attention directed from one and not specifically sought . |
| 25 | In practice , however , shareholders have rubber-stamped the choices of the company 's top brass , who usually elevate loyal company bureaucrats who have failed to make it to the managing board . |