Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
2 | Erm , is she going to see the doctors Sally ? |
3 | When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner . |
4 | ‘ I do n't know the bloody title but I wish to see the ones Hopkins studied ! ’ |
5 | It was touching to see the preparations Constance — and her new maid — had gone to . |
6 | When the time came to greet the newly-weds Prince Napoleon bowed to the Emperor but pointedly ignored the Empress , while Prince Pierre Bonaparte saluted neither the one nor the other . |
7 | I was the first home for England in the match against the USA at Birmingham 's Alexandra Stadium , overhauling Lincoln Asquith and Mike McFarlane in the second half of the race after a poor start but failing to catch the Americans Morris and Cook . |
8 | Miss Williams took him to meet the police Land Rover at the stable gate , a bone-thin , wiry woman in her late fifties , her expression sufficiently forbidding to prevent the parents , edging cars through the gate to collect children from the ten o'clock ride , from asking any questions . |
9 | Often , he had to hide the marks Gina had given him from his pupils . |
10 | I tried to explore the problems Mrs Singh would have in attempting to be a fully participating parent but the educational psychologist seemed to feel that this was a problem common to many Cedars parents . |
11 | Bewilderedly she struggled to remember the words Guy had been muttering , but they had been lost in the half-sleeping state which had dulled her mind , and , later , barely heard over the unfamiliar demands of newly awakened desire . |
12 | Anne had continued to visit the Misses Dolan frequently even after Margaret had moved in to look after them , and been very happy to see her old friends so well cared for and so delighted with Margaret 's lively little girl . |
13 | Foreign exchange controls over about 60 per cent of merchandise imports were lifted at the end of September 1989 and in May 1990 the Senate passed a new bill to replace the Aliens Landholdings Act which had limited the areas of foreign investment and ownership in the country 's economy . |
14 | As they rang off Mona arrived by Rain 's desk to discuss the keys Ruby had found evil . |
15 | Most listed companies do not yet have enough independent directors to fulfil the roles Cadbury allots them , and it is even doubtful whether enough individuals of the right calibre are available for these positions , particularly in view of the heavy legal responsibilities that any company director incurs . |
16 | They had a variety of musical instruments , including violins , and my Grandfather Tallentire created quite a stir locally in later years by travelling all the way to Manchester to hear the Brothers Hamburg play . |
17 | He was the one who went to hear the Brothers Hamburg . |
18 | In the time it took to negotiate the funds Rothmans came to an arrangement with Sedgefield . ’ |
19 | Neighbours who were unwary enough to let the Misses Lovelock look after the chickens in their absence rarely found any eggs awaiting them on their return , and in some cases a plump chicken had died . |
20 | I wanted to do the things John and I had looked forward to a year and a half ago , to travel as we had planned , to work abroad , have a family before too long . |
21 | In an effort to separate the issues Reynolds decided on April 7 to call a referendum later in the year on the right of pregnant women to travel abroad for abortions and to receive information in Ireland on the availability of abortions abroad . |
22 | Other European farmers are now being offered the service and that could help to reduce the rates UK farmers are charged . |
23 | Wilson quickly realised how lucky she had been to have the Misses Wynne directed to her by kind Miss Blagden . |
24 | g ) Use your protractor to measure the angles BCD , DBC , DEB and EFB . |
25 | As a boy raced to take the ropes Penry flung out , Leonora began to breathe more easily again , her pulse-rate calming as she felt the usual shamed reaction to terror once safety was assured . |
26 | And the various forms of workflow management systems and groupware products now emerging , in response to the demand for ever-increasing ease of access to that information , look likely to make the terms MIS and EIS redundant , and the LAN and WAN irrelevent . |
27 | In an attempt to defuse the protests Roh dismissed his Minister for Home Affairs , Ahn Eung Mo , on April 27 and replaced him with Lee Sang Yeon . |
28 | In a bid to defuse the protests Roh was eventually forced to replace the Prime Minister [ see pp. 38177-78 ] . |
29 | Mr Brown alleged that Grugel twice asked plasterer Peter McCabe for some plaster boards and when he threatened to tell the police Grugel assaulted him , causing a laceration above his eyebrow which needed hospital treatment . |