Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had arranged to meet Luke in the bar for a drink , and she hoped that he had a dinner engagement so that she would be left to her own devices afterwards . |
| 2 | Molly and Mary both had things to do that evening , so Yanto had arranged to meet Billy in the Boar to round off a good weekend . |
| 3 | After a brief , appalled glance at Lydia , Mrs Molesworth ( Lil ) sat down on a corner of the sofa and asked the doctor a question about the imminent agricultural show designed to exclude Lydia from the conversation , to reveal her close knowledge of this event and therefore to illustrate her important position in the local community . |
| 4 | UEFA bosses are expected to visit Britain at the end of this season to look at possible host stadiums . |
| 5 | The Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sept. 24 presented a new 28-point constitutional reform package aimed at placating separatist tendencies in French-speaking Quebec , and designed to keep Quebec in the federation without alienating the other nine provinces . |
| 6 | On 20 November / 2 December 1854 Austria , Britain and France signed a treaty on the basis of the Four Points which was designed to force Russia to the conference table by the end of the year . |
| 7 | Charles had not wished to invite Ivan to the party . |
| 8 | They also embarked on an ambitious national scheme that was designed to place Britain at the forefront of the postwar civil aviation market . |
| 9 | The surprising proposal came days before the Swedish government was expected to place Procordia on the market in the first step towards privatisation . |
| 10 | Canned Draught Guinness , selected to represent Ireland at the SIAL ( Salon International de l'Alimentation ) exhibition in Paris , went on to be selected as the overall international winner in the alcoholic drinks category . |
| 11 | The Thatcher Government initially decided to abolish SERPS on the basis that the country could not afford it , a view contested by the Government Actuary 's report on the proposed changes ( Report by the Government Actuary on the Financial Effects of the Bill on the National Insurance Fund , Cmnd. 9711 , HMSO , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | Colchester Borough Council has expressed an interest in managing the earthworks at Straight Road and Bluebottle Grove , which were built to defend Colchester during the Iron Age , and St Botolph 's Priory . |
| 13 | An attempt would then be made to drag Cocello into the dispute by Clasper making a public appeal to the President to reinstate the sacked shop steward over the heads of plant and divisional management . |
| 14 | Christina had offered to drive Stephen to the airport , but he had refused her offer in favour of James Morris 's , saying they had a lot to talk about . |
| 15 | The result had been as fresh-faced and direct as Hogarth 's Shrimp Girl and when the Queen was persuaded to choose Moynihan as the portraitist of Princess Elizabeth , she wanted the same quality as that found in Private Clarke . |
| 16 | He was told to put Gabriel in the charge of his daughter , and led the way . |
| 17 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 18 | Then she remembered that she had promised to keep Sybil in the picture but decided that could wait as well . |
| 19 | Senna desperately needed to beat Mansell at the start but the Williams made the better getaway . |
| 20 | After wartime service in the RAF he had come back to the School , and with his friends Mr. Norris and Mr. Hardie had helped to introduce Rugby to the School . |
| 21 | The elder composer , finally released from servitude at Esterháza , had been invited to visit London by the impresario J P Salomon , who also intended to entice Mozart to England . |
| 22 | Prince William was still at the crawling stage when they were invited to visit Australia by the government . |
| 23 | A press attaché at the Turkish embassy in Athens , Cetin Gorgu , was shot dead by two men as he began his drive to work on Oct. 7 — the day before Mitsotakis was scheduled to visit Istanbul for the funeral of the Archbishop Dimitrios I [ see this page ] . |
| 24 | The national marketing team in London was thinking along the same lines as the Glasgow office on client care and so the decision was reached to use Glasgow as the pilot for a national client care programme |
| 25 | Opposition to the king 's favourite was so soon mobilized that by May 1308 Edward was compelled to banish Gaveston from the realm . |
| 26 | Time will tell how this course can best be adapted to serve Christ at the end of the twentieth century . |
| 27 | Ukraine has refused to recognise Russia as the successor in international accords to the Soviet Union , and is seeking a modification that would effectively turn START into a multilateral treaty . |
| 28 | Attempted to advise Thatcher on the situation in the Middle East while on a secret retainer from a Lebanese company . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Gillingham 's £500,000-rated teenage striker , Peter Beadle , is set to join Tottenham at the end of the season . |
| 30 | The Senegalese Armed Forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Mamadou Mansour Seck , had gone to see Taylor about the incident , accompanied by Maj.-Gen. |