Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a loose rein however , slowed down by Theodora 's seat and guided by her legs , he began after a bit to do better . |
| 2 | The 56-acre former Navy mine depot was given local nature reserve status after a fight to prevent it being developed as the site of 600-inmate prison . |
| 3 | Mr Crosbie said yesterday there are also signs that the school roll is to rise , after a campaign to win back the confidence of local parents . |
| 4 | CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases . |
| 5 | After a competition to create a centre-piece for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 , Eiffel 's design was selected in the face of intense opposition from Pierre-Emmanuel Tirard , then Prime Minister , Charles Garnier , architect of the Opera , the composer Gounod , writers Leconte de Lisle and Guy de Maupassant ( the last claimed to be so upset by it that he fled France ) , and more than 40 other national figures . |
| 6 | Some — like that of Ryno the medic , exhausted and saddened after a struggle to save the life of a fellow constable — show how very young most men are when they are caught up in armed conflicts . |
| 7 | I 'm delighted that he has accepted the invitation to return after a decade to lecture to us on Charles Darwin . |
| 8 | So after Doctor Who Carole Ann Ford deliberately immersed herself in theatrical parts to free herself from the stigma of Television , emerging only after a year to play the radically different role of a prostitute in ITV 's new Public Eye series . |
| 9 | From the end of the lane , a circular walk may be made as suggested on the map , starting along the path to Selside but turning off after a mile to aim due north for the far end of the Allotment wall . |
| 10 | For a person insensitive to visual impressions the pattern on the wallpaper he is buying may seem not to deserve close scrutiny ; but if the room he has papered begins after a while to depress him , it has turned out that the pattern was relevant to the choice after all . |
| 11 | Mercer came back after a while to collect the Unwins and the Youngs , and the general jollifications everywhere wore on without any alarms . |
| 12 | She was 15 at the time of the wedding , and was to present him with seven children , among them the future Charles I. She also presented him with an embarrassing situation by deciding after a while to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 13 | Industry Minister Andrzej Zawislak resigned on July 29 after a decision to merge the trade and industry ministries . |
| 14 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 15 | The UK Cross-Country Commission has been severely snubbed by the British Amateur Athletic Board , after a decision to overrule the controversial rescheduling of the World Cross-Country Championship Trial Meeting . |
| 16 | Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes . |
| 17 | Use Shine Boost Laminator after a shampoo to seal and protect hair too . |
| 18 | Enclose in an upended clear polythene bag — give one shoot a gentle tug after a month to see if it has finally rooted . |
| 19 | Joseph Gill , John Pinney 's hard-drinking cousin , lived as near by as caretaker ; Peggy Marsh , described by Dorothy as ‘ one of the nicest girls I ever saw ’ , arrived after a month to help in running the enormous house ; and from the beginning Wordsworth and Dorothy were preoccupied with caring for a child not yet three years old called Basil Montagu . |
| 20 | People sometimes find that their housing requirements change and seek after a period to move on to different kinds of residence , particularly into flats of their own . |
| 21 | PREMIER John Major was last night on a collision course with EC president Jacques Delors after a bid to save Britain £500 billion . |
| 22 | The workers walked out last month after a failure to agree all the terms for 110 lay-offs . |
| 23 | THE family of a teenage Royal Marine who died after a party to celebrate winning his Green Beret have launched a compensation claim against the Ministry of Defence , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 24 | After a visit to see Grease , the girls were particularly impressed with stars John Travolta and Australian-born Olivia Newton-John . |
| 25 | After a visit to see Mussolini 's International Fascist exhibition in the spring , Mosley organized the first large BUF march in June 1933 when 1,000 Blackshirts marched through London . |
| 26 | There was nothing sinister about this change — he had simply reverted to the name he was born under after a search to find the identity of his real parents . |
| 27 | FILMING of a sequel to smash hit The Commitments begins in New York this winter . |
| 28 | The traditional areas still maintained fortunately , cos it did n't affect the knitted outer-wear at this stage , so all the areas we talked about in the north of Yorkshire moor and Scotland , fortunately there 's more of a skill to maintain there . |
| 29 | I have used the analogy of the structure of a document to describe the basis of the curriculum . |
| 30 | A long-net is erected in from of a wood to demonstrate its appearance . |