Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He had n't wanted to find Caspar dead even if it was Jack 's right to shoot him .
2 He offered to set Jesus free instead of a man called Barabbas , a nationalist who had led some minor revolt against the Romans .
3 Ronnie Swayne : probably the last person to see Glynn alive apart from his killer .
4 Continue on to the Nine Wells valley then head south west to cross Morfa Common again .
5 Barnes kicked two more penalty goals to put Bath 15–9 ahead in the second half but Gloucester fought back and drew level again with two more goals by Smith .
6 David Humphreys kicked the conversion , then added a penalty , and just before half-time converted Wylie 's second try to put Ulster 17-10 ahead .
7 He also scored the second of the home side 's tries early in the second period , forcing his way over on the right to put Jed 13-5 ahead and raised the rafters on both grandstands at Riverside .
8 Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead .
9 Dave Walker touched down a pack push-over and winger Paul Holdstock scored a try to put Newcastle 14–0 ahead at half time .
10 Dave Walker touched down a pack push-over and winger Paul Holdstock scored a try to put Newcastle 14–0 ahead at half time .
11 All he had to do then was to make it known that he had promised to leave Laura alone so that she could have a rest in peace , to make an excuse about paying a brief visit to the Gents , to go up to his room — probably via the guest-lift — to stick his hand inside the room and grab the handbag , to take out the jewel before dumping the handbag , and then … ’
12 Last night Beasant 's wife Sandra , said : ‘ I think it 's a good idea to leave Dave alone tonight . ’
13 Salario and Salarino are very similar characters , they try hard to keep Antonio happy almost being sycophantic in a way to keep in his favour .
14 His tone was barely sarcastic but hinted at enough to have Ruth wary again .
15 ARSENAL keeper David Seaman and midfielder David Hillier are fit to face Manchester United today after being substituted in the Gunners ' 3–0 crash at Leeds .
16 All the forceful tact Aunt Tossie possessed was needed to convince Dada that only champagne , the best champagne , would be appropriate to the occasion , and then to compel him into the stony depths of the cellars to root with Twomey along the half-empty bins where forgotten treasures spoiled .
17 Agnes clearly was n't going to take Maxim any more seriously as a spotter of fan clubs than she took Six as an organiser of them .
18 Yet Morgan ( 1972 ) wrote that British East Coast N. lapillus refused to attack L. littorea even when starved for 4 months .
19 In an apparent effort to make Solaris 2.0 almost indistinguishable from Destiny , SunSelect last week announced the immediate availability of NetWare Sunlink software , for integrating Novell Inc NetWare networks with Sparc and Solaris environments .
20 When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne .
21 Salford face strong competition from an un-named Yorkshire club in their bid to sign Leeds former All Black star John Gallagher .
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