Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , the day came when he asked to see Jimmy and me . |
| 2 | Teachers asked to agree weekend and Bank Holiday working |
| 3 | Taylor , 47 , of Potlands , Leeming Bar , failed to attend court and was convicted in his absence of two charges of moving pigs out of the declared area . |
| 4 | Taylor , 47 , of Potlands , Leeming Bar , failed to attend court and was convicted in his absence of two charges of moving pigs out of the declared area . |
| 5 | and then that 's a fiver , and then you 've got the worry of and you got you got to go shops because when it 's so hot things go stale you 've got to have |
| 6 | Indeed , indomethacin failed to inhibit chemiluminescence when added in vitro to colonic biopsy specimens at concentrations below 100 uM despite a maximum inhibition at 0.08 uM of cyclo-oxygenase in cell free systems . |
| 7 | Her subject-matter expanded to include landscape and flower-painting . |
| 8 | India 's 15-month partial economic blockade of Nepal ended in June after India agreed to restore trade and transit concessions withdrawn in March 1989 [ see pp. 37009 ; 37357 ] . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , several governments which had participated in the US-led coalition against Iraq now sought to assure Iran that there was no plan to exclude it from post-war regional security arrangements . |
| 10 | The therapist agreed to see Pamela as in outpatient in 5 days ' time to provide her with a further chance to talk about her difficulties and also to provide her with support . |
| 11 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 12 | They can also run courses or help with internal courses , e.g. : ‘ Members of staff registered to attend courses and they provide tutors/input to locally arranged courses ’ . |
| 13 | He thought a little wistfully of Provence , tried and failed to see Edith as happy in the Hôtel Paradis , and returned to savour anew the pleasures of Ramsgate . |
| 14 | Historically , an exchange was a physical thing ; a room or building where people met to gather information and strike bargains . |
| 15 | The region is alleged to have largely ignored children 's bilingual and cultural backgrounds during their special needs ' assessment , and , in a high number of cases , failed to provide interpreters or bilingual psychologists during interviews with children and their parents . |
| 16 | Firstly , there is a deliberate effort made to provide courses that are vocationally relevant . |
| 17 | I got to find Marie and get my trousers changed . |
| 18 | The gang expected to net £5,000 as they ambushed a wages clerk on her drive back from the bank . |
| 19 | In Laws v. Florin Place [ 1981 ] 1 All ER 659 , residents sought to establish nuisance where the defendants had commenced trading as a sex shop in a residential area . |
| 20 | The communiqué welcomed " the worldwide move " towards pluralist democracy , respect for human rights and the creation of market economies , and acknowledged that the organization must " respond positively and effectively " as more countries sought to establish contacts and develop relations with it . |
| 21 | When the Highlanders failed to accept William and Mary in place of James VII of Scotland ( James II of England ) , the last day of 1691 was set as an ultimatum by William III . |
| 22 | I had not kept my old key , because I had hoped that my association with Cutwater Charters was done , so I was forced to carry my heavy pack into the tangle of dark alleys that lay behind the straw market and where I planned to find Ellen and borrow her key . |
| 23 | All the cases were filed in one of the 11 special courts empowered to try politicians and bar them from politics for up to seven years . |
| 24 | They failed to find evidence that the operation of rule 80a delinked the spot and futures markets , although the operation of this rule led to a slight increase in futures price volatility and a minor reduction in the liquidity of the futures market . |
| 25 | The hunters failed to find Ralph and they returned back to their fort . |
| 26 | For these reasons a number of highly estimated lots failed to find buyers while others far exceeded their estimates . |
| 27 | The Laban Centre , which finally gained approval for the country 's first BA in Dance , failed to obtain approval when initially submitted . |
| 28 | The rebels ' immediate objective was the bridge at Warrington , from which they proposed to swing west and seize Liverpool , an important prize . |
| 29 | Young couples strolled with their arms round each other , pausing now and then to kiss ; older couples stopped to greet friends and while the women talked their husbands stood by looking foolishly amiable . |
| 30 | A majority of the deputies in parliament rallied to support Pflimlin and reject what they interpreted as de Gaulle 's scarcely concealed blackmail . |