Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pers pn] to the [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 | ‘ I 've decided to give it to the Royal Horticultural Society as an eastern centre . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | They once lived on a housing estate , but the council was forced to move them to the isolated bungalow after complaints from neighbours . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |