Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity to discuss problems with members of other district societies was a great assistance to me in leading the various debates of the Southern Society during my presidential year and would certainly not have arisen without the opportunity to travel . |
| 2 | This was brought home to me after witnessing the rapturous welcome given to about a dozen young Cape Verdians as they carried their enormous radios and bottles of duty-free Scotch to their waiting loved ones in the airport arrival lounge . |
| 3 | Rita is still experiencing some back trouble so we were particularly grateful to her for making the long journey from Newcastle . |
| 4 | It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor . |
| 5 | We shall refer to it in examining the various operations that can be carried out sequentially . |