Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a signal for Stirling from Tactical HQ , Eighth Army , said that the RAF component there was unaware of the resupply operation , but that they would endeavour to arrange the aircraft . |
| 2 | He lived to see the headquarters of the organization to which he had devoted his life established in purpose-built premises on the site at the National Water Sports Centre . |
| 3 | The third potential market is the corporate arena , including government , education and local authorities , expected to like the multimedia capabilities for creating graphic or animated presentations . |
| 4 | The English partners became increasingly reluctant to supplement their original investment of £1,200 per share and finally refused in 1580 , and agreed to lease the works and mines to Daniel and ‘ customer ’ Thomas Smith [ q.v. ] , |
| 5 | The incident angle can also be altered to increase the data base . |
| 6 | any scheme would fall down if all existing motorists into the capital agreed to meet the £3 — £4 charge . |
| 7 | Staughton J. thought that members of the business community would especially want to know the people with whom they were dealing and whether there was a parent company which would not allow its subsidiary to default . |
| 8 | I was one of the bowlers asked to provide the cannon fodder to the big international batting stars on what was meant to be a fun day out . |
| 9 | After the first plunge you should endeavour to pull the fish off balance , which is usually not too difficult with these deep but narrow-bodied fish . |
| 10 | You got to know the people . |
| 11 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
| 12 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
| 13 | This will be set to illuminate the tank during the early part of the day , and switch off in the evening when I want to see the fish . |
| 14 | To prevent a repetition of the vandalism , surveillance cameras and other security measures have been installed to monitor the 9ft statue . |
| 15 | I want to thank the people who responded to my letter ( 11 February ) requesting poetry written by carers about their experiences . |
| 16 | The units are designed to support the staff development requirements set out in the SCOTVEC policy on the approval of centres for APL delivery . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's probably feeling bitter and angry and wants to kill the people who did it . |
| 18 | They went to erm a number of cities in Europe , of all the countries in Europe , and tried to gather the data to compare the quality of water in their countries , to the quality in ours . |
| 19 | Erm , tried to see the sheep . |
| 20 | I tried to see the people , but no picture would come , although among the shadowy figures might well have been a Peter de Fernborough , later Farmborough , who about that time made his appearance somewhere in the village . |
| 21 | In Exodus 16 God replies with gifts designed to meet the people 's need with beautiful precision , to convince them of his compassion and his desire and power to save , and to remind them of his glory . |
| 22 | Korn/Ferry , whose world fee income achieved a fivefold increase between 1977 and 1986 , and is confidently expected to pass the $100m. mark by the 1990s , is sometimes criticised in the USA for being dominated by the central management , for its ‘ big factory ’ image where the seniors do the selling and the juniors do the work , and it has also suffered much at the pen of headhunting newshound Jim Kennedy , who produces Executive Recruiter News . |
| 23 | ‘ We tried to encourage the people to work with each other , and talk to politicians , because they argued a lot about what they were going to do all the time , ’ he said . |
| 24 | But it also has to provide the means by which a modern society provides houses and gardens — which the British love — where once they huddled in two-up-two-downs and the spec-built terraces which pre-dated the loathed Sixties ‘ slums in the skies ’ . |
| 25 | It was now three thirty a.m. and he stopped on the swing bridge over the Berkeley to Gloucester canal and tried to hide the fish as much as possible . |
| 26 | Ian , 39 , fished a bunch of lugworm on a size 4/0 hook to tempt the cod which was beached on 15 lb line . |
| 27 | If a complaint arises , it declines to pass the buck to tour operators , hotels or airlines . |
| 28 | The ultimate principle of the welfare state is well summarized by a French resistance declaration demanding ‘ a complete plan of social security , designed to secure the means of existence for all French men and women wherever they are incapable of providing such means for themselves by working ’ ( quoted Saint-Jours , 1982 , p. 122 ) . |
| 29 | PREMIER John Major tried to pass the buck in the Iraqgate scandal yesterday by blaming former defence procurement minister Alan Clark . |
| 30 | Further specialised colours can be added to increase the series in specific areas . |