Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FRANTIC attempts were being made last night in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir to negotiate with the secessionist rebels who kidnapped the daughter of the Indian Home Minister , Mufti Mohammed Sayeed . |
| 2 | The citizens of Pisa by then had recently taken over its government from the archbishop — they had formed the commune of consuls in the early 1080s which was to be a model for innumerable cities in Tuscany and Lombardy and Umbria to follow in the next two generations , the characteristic Italian commune . |
| 3 | In the terms of our earlier discussion , it is as if an external ‘ banker ’ had magically appeared , making it possible for both Bristol and Coventry to benefit from the same outcome , a draw . |
| 4 | Well , can I suggest that we look at Simon 's document and go through it and respond that we take the three proposals that Jenny has tabled , review and agree or decide to adjust and ask Stella and Rita to prepare for the next meeting documents then as assignments ? |
| 5 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 6 | This tidy sum enabled him and Anne to move from the tiny Village apartment which they rented for $125 a month to a much larger air-conditioned place for $400 a month , a brownstone directly across the road from 16 West 11th Street , just off Fifth Avenue . |
| 7 | Pepe , the best veteran , owned by Carol Stone of Rowledge , joined Kate Harbon and Bessie to carry off the best pair prize . |