Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was probably wise to kill Lennie the way he did , preserving Lennie 's dignity . |
| 2 | After August 1939 Nizan was no longer willing to grant Stalin the benefit of the doubt . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | They were trying to catch Jack the Ripper . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He 'll devote precious time to help Alan the auditor access the department 's accounts . |
| 12 | He 'll go out of his way to help Claudette the customer relations manager tackle a tricky complaint . |
| 13 | Was Forrester the lad that scored the amazing overhead kick to win Leeds the youth cup last term ? |
| 14 | England without half the team they will be expected to send out against Poland at Wembley on September 8 survived to give Taylor the respite he needs . |
| 15 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 16 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 17 | Scattered amongst the infinite variety of trees and plants are picturesque villages whose white-walled cottages have blended into the light-coloured landscape to give Ibiza the nickname ‘ La Isla Blanca ’ — The White Island . |
| 18 | INVESTORS still willing to give Fisons the benefit of the doubt should look at the pharmaceuticals group 's annual report for 1991 , in which the most striking themes are elephants and flowers . |
| 19 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 20 | A speedy , sixth-minute break saw Roberto Paci intercept Warren Neil 's desperate back pass to give Lucchese the lead . |
| 21 | Two minutes after the break , Dwight Marshall 's optimistic 25-yarder beat Dorking keeper Lee Orkney 's dive to give Plymouth the lead . |
| 22 | According to Gerald of Wales , who gives the most vivid , if not the most reliable , account of these days , Henry was then required to give Richard the kiss of peace . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been busy trying to give Frank the backing he deserves , but we , the board , ca n't go into the dressing room and pick the side . |
| 24 | She was determined not to give Richmann the satisfaction of seeing her cry , beg or show fear . |
| 25 | His boyish , open face with its look of disciplined idealism was vaguely familiar to Massingham , who suspected that he might have seen it in a police recruitment pamphlet , but decided in the interest of harmonious co-operation to give Underhill the benefit of the doubt . |
| 26 | But that was not enough to give Mussolini the bargaining leverage he wanted . |
| 27 | He sent on Dublin and Mick Norbury and , within 30 seconds of the restart , they combined to give Cambridge the victory which , after four successive draws , took them back to second in the table . |
| 28 | Robert knew , but he was n't going to give Hasan the satisfaction of knowing that he knew . |
| 29 | You 'll have to give Glen the money though . |
| 30 | It helped to give Hartlepool the lead , with the move begun in their own area and completed by Paul Baker 's firm header on Paul Dalton 's cross . |