Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was probably wise to kill Lennie the way he did , preserving Lennie 's dignity . |
| 2 | go into the Brownies and I used to go Windsor every year actually with my two . |
| 3 | Despite its bid for attention , it failed to obtain Minton an ARA , a disappointment that may have been enhanced by the fact that this year Rodrigo Moynihan was made a full Academician . |
| 4 | He was to ask the good bishop to grant Corbett an interview and to have the late King 's confessor present as well . |
| 5 | Christopher also seemed to indicate that the United States and its allies were considering a programme to provide Russia a kind of social safety net as it moves to free markets . |
| 6 | At about the same time a consortium of West European banks refused to grant Cuba the credits it had requested , apparently as a result of US pressure . |
| 7 | After August 1939 Nizan was no longer willing to grant Stalin the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 9 | Vice Chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls , declining to grant Venables the injunction he sought yesterday , said that to have done so would override the majority decision of the Spurs board , which had the right to ‘ hire and fire . ’ |
| 10 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 11 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |
| 12 | They were trying to catch Jack the Ripper . |
| 13 | Of that No 4 Group party which set out to bomb Italy the night they declared war on England , I know that four — and only four Whitleys — did get over the Alps . |
| 14 | Since then , AT&T has been urging the FCC not to grant BT a licence unless the gesture is reciprocated ; its British rival had until this week been taking a similar line . |
| 15 | Woolmer used his many South African contacts to obtain Smith a winter job with a coloured club in Cape Town . |
| 16 | Multinationals meanwhile are going to find NT a bit parochial . |
| 17 | ‘ Lady Bridhe told me , lass , that you come to visit Hector every day , if there 's no-one else about . ’ |
| 18 | Flown in by AVM John Allison , this aircraft — in John 's hands — led the 16-ship Phantom formation flypast over London on June 13 to celebrate HM The Queen 's Official Birthday . |
| 19 | My mother used to visit Robert every afternoon and talk to him through glass . |
| 20 | Anne , 37 , was invited to choose Mike an outfit at a London fashion event . |
| 21 | I used to tease Shaun a bit and I used to ask for it in a way . ’ |
| 22 | The best he could hope for was to see Helen a bit while she was on the rebound … but maybe … |
| 23 | For a second Sara looked blankly at him and then she suddenly remembered the little man who had called to see Matthew the day Fairfax had been there . |
| 24 | But such is Rachael 's devotion to Stephen that when his wife , an alcoholic from whom he has parted company , appears at his lodgings , ill and incapable , Rachael looks after her to spare Blackpool the task of doing so . |
| 25 | Geoffrey Bayldon was accidentally transported from the 11th century to the 20th as the wizard Catweazle , while vandals in Australia tried to kill Skippy the bush kangaroo at Watarah National Park . |
| 26 | Tomorrow was Christmas Day , and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy Jim a Christmas present . |
| 27 | After many trials with cross-spars and bridles , the Geisha flew well enough to win Joel a trip to Japan ! |
| 28 | Yesterday she had gone to the dingy little newsagent at the corner of the street to pay the paper bill , and to buy Matey a writing pad and envelopes , when she had seen on the counter a pile of postcards depicting society beauties . |
| 29 | The world knows about just one , when , with nerveless panache , he cut down Viv Richards in most merciless swagger to win England the quarter-final of the last World Cup in India — with the daring of , it looked at the time , a schoolboy 's lob . |
| 30 | He 'll devote precious time to help Alan the auditor access the department 's accounts . |