Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Chapman 's team-building made Arsenal the favourites . |
| 2 | Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter . |
| 3 | At about the same time a consortium of West European banks refused to grant Cuba the credits it had requested , apparently as a result of US pressure . |
| 4 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 5 | As Dickon pushed the wheelchair all round the garden , he told Colin the names of all the plants . |
| 6 | Why do n't we just give Napoleon the keys to Berlin and have done with it ? |
| 7 | She inspected the rooms and found them perfectly tolerable and assured Wilson the ladies would require only coffee in the morning and would otherwise dine elsewhere . |
| 8 | But the Phoenix King had lent Tyrion the services of a unit of White Lions and these bold warriors ' knowledge of their homeland was to prove invaluable . |
| 9 | A win at Budepest would give Mansell the drivers title . |
| 10 | Yonhap quoted an official as saying North Korea had accepted a US proposal to meet again in Beijing , possibly as early as next week , and a senior Seoul government source told Reuters the talks were to be held after after a current US-South Korean military exercise , Team Spirit , ended . |
| 11 | As soon as the Trust got Brownsea the regulations about the discharge of sewage changes , they had endless trouble with the water supply , and now they 're having to find £300,000 to repair the sea wall , so I feel that , instead of being praised for being associated with getting Brownsea , I probably ought to be cursed for putting the Trust to so much expense . |
| 12 | Jackson was baptized July the viiii 1625 ’ . |
| 13 | Three hours later , with most of us starving , the head waiter knocked on the door , threw Robson the keys and asked us to lock up the restaurant when we 'd finished . ’ |
| 14 | Disaster struck for Rovers just two minutes later as a mistake by keeper Bobby Mimms handed Ipswich the points . |
| 15 | He handed Dimity the flowers with a smile and a small bow . |
| 16 | But mums give M&S the thumbs down |
| 17 | I 've got Bob the tapes . |
| 18 | Miss Hatherby showed Constance the treasures of the house . |
| 19 | He has bruises on his face and shows Keith the bruises on his legs . |
| 20 | ‘ Parkin will say he lent Nicola the scissors and there was some accident . |
| 21 | We turned down the offer of researching exactly how many men we 'd get to 3,000 feet of urinals , but allowing a couple of feet for each one , 1,500 men would make Wembley the tops for discriminating against women . |
| 22 | And in particular , she did not like at all that he had felt it necessary to give Lubor the instructions he had about her . |
| 23 | Lucie was teaching Gabriel the verses . |
| 24 | So long as Hitler threatened Europe the prospects for a revival of peace politics were minimal . |
| 25 | When we seek a context for B , it may not be wise always to work within the largest parse tree containing B. The contexts found from large trees are too specific . |
| 26 | Let's all do our best to give UNICEF the funds they need . |
| 27 | Solidarity is giving Moscow the V-signs and fight-intros . |
| 28 | In 1988 the foster parents applied to adopt D. The parents refused to consent to the adoption . |
| 29 | As you approach Bude the crowds increase , but once you 're one or two miles away from the main centre the numbers quickly drop off . |
| 30 | It would have to be the right length as he was n't giving Lee the cutters again . |