Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officers from Lothian and Borders , Grampian , Northern Constabulary and Cambridgeshire met to review the investigation . |
| 2 | Germany agreed to finance the return of the toxic chemicals , supplied by the former East Germany as agricultural aid , after Greenpeace threatened to return the waste itself and invoice the German government [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 3 | On Nov. 8 Poland and Germany agreed to de-restrict the use of territorial waters bordering the two countries and to ease restrictions on cross-border road traffic . |
| 4 | As Akbar and Tundrish opened fire with bolts , Yeremi lunged to drag the impetuous , or hallucinating , fool back . |
| 5 | Judge Thelma King agreed to re-enter the summonses . |
| 6 | In England and Wales the policy encompassed in Hospital Services for the Mentally Ill sought to overcome the problem caused by the many mental hospitals built at a considerable distance from their catchment populations by opening psychiatric units on district general hospital sites . |
| 7 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |
| 8 | Long before Wilkins sought to popularize the Copernican system , the Protestant reformer Calvin had declared that those who wished to learn astronomy should not look to the Bible . |
| 9 | De Choiseul planned to enlist the help of Russia and Sweden and , less probably , to persuade the Dutch to use their navy to attack their former ally . |
| 10 | Last week McNealy got to turn the heat up under the skillet when Next co-founder and key NextStep architect Bud Tribble moved over to SunSoft Inc as vice president of end user software . |
| 11 | John McCarthy asked to attend the service . |
| 12 | Trent sought to recall the terrain ahead . |
| 13 | Bangor failed to break the deadlock in the 15th and 26th minutes when Paul Gray and Stephen Hill squandered two good chances . |
| 14 | But 100-metres champion Linford Christie failed to make the 5.40 pm showdown and his dream of a sprint double died . |
| 15 | Trent fought to hold the BMW upright . |
| 16 | Greene King planned to close the brewery . |
| 17 | Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers . |
| 18 | But after 1802 , when the new Lord Lonsdale agreed to pay the money over , Wordsworth discovered the admirable nature of a feudal and paternalistic society ! |
| 19 | Leyland agreed to allow the artist to make minor adjustments to the decor , but while the patron was away , Whistler completely transformed the chamber , gilding the shelves and emblazoning the doors with golden peacocks . |
| 20 | Watkins ceased to use the word ‘ ley ’ towards the end of his life , and caution should be exercised in using the element as evidence of an old straight track . |
| 21 | Jezrael fought to fold the anger away , tuck it down so deep inside her that she would never feel its corrosion again — she hoped . |
| 22 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 23 | The Community Health Trust in Hereford failed to win the laundry contract for the city 's St Mary 's Hospital . |
| 24 | The upshot of all this was that in 1959 the State of Tennessee ruled to revoke the charter of the Highlander Folk School . |
| 25 | Nizan failed to resolve the problems arising from his divided class origins . |
| 26 | Kevin Grogan and Sean Healy helped to give the young ‘ Cats ’ the midfield cream but their forwards were forced to work hard for their scores . |
| 27 | Kelly tried to put the self-doubt from her mind . |
| 28 | There is a good account of the way in which the TPLF tried to improve the conditions of women by allowing them to form associations such as the Adi Hageray Women 's Association . |
| 29 | Fernando tried to slow the pace and Ruth clung to him breathlessly . |
| 30 | As Gower tried to bury the misery of rejection in the preparations for his wedding to Thorrun Nash in Winchester Cathedral in a fortnight , he admitted : ‘ My words have come back to haunt me . ’ |