Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm gon na write and say and seeing that they 're going to reorganize the way they 're gon na collect the community charge , you know , they 're gon na do it on houses |
| 2 | He said you had to kill the guilt you felt at Grandpa Tiao 's death . |
| 3 | Since early September the 23-year-old multi-millionaire had been stalked by a mystery woman threatening to kill the man she once idolised . |
| 4 | It 's always been on my mind — I suppose it always will — and I 've always said that if I got the opportunity to kill the man I 'd do it , and I would take the consequences . |
| 5 | To kill the witch you need a silver bullet . |
| 6 | I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else . |
| 7 | As the marble attempts to surmount the obstacle it looses speed . |
| 8 | Shafts of sunlight gleamed through the avenue of trees , warming the air so that she felt no need to wear the jacket she had brought with her as a precaution against the temperamental nature of Danish weather , holding it casually instead over one arm , perfectly comfortable in the same linen dress she had worn the previous evening . |
| 9 | It is said to have made no provision for the protection of sea lochs , to operate without an overall development plan , and to have made little attempt to monitor the farms it has approved . |
| 10 | A motion to monitor the effects it will have on people that we are responsible for . |
| 11 | Well we 're still continuing to monitor the situation we 're still carrying on inquiries at er at schools we 're going further afield now in case there is some suggestion that she she might be living further afield er towards Worksop or even in towards Derbyshire . |
| 12 | Earlier we might have said his conduct and manner of speech were appropriate for one who wished to renounce the status he had stolen , and show his recognition of Esau 's authority as the elder son . |
| 13 | Eliot was unable to renounce the world he knew . |
| 14 | In other words , the guitar is going to sound the way it wants to sound , and there 's not a lot you can do about it . |
| 15 | Just remember that we aim to make it as simple and straightforward as possible for you to borrow the amount you require — with confidence . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , whereas the rest of the passengers were basically gearing up to tear my girlfriend and me to bits if we continued to go the way we were going — you get a kind of cabin fever on these flights between Australia and England — this Christian and his wife decided to adopt us , I guess as a kind of test for themselves . |
| 17 | I 'm just askin' for to go the way you 're goin' to ; |
| 18 | I 'm sorry he had to go the way he did , but it was always going to happen , the sort of man he was . |
| 19 | She must be careful to betray it as little as possible if the interview were to go the way she wanted . |
| 20 | I did n't mean it to go the way it did . |
| 21 | But they would n't let us in , if we wanted to go the match we had to pay . |
| 22 | THE TRUE-life story of New York mobster turned FBI witness Henry Hill presented Martin Scorsese with a ripe opportunity to re-examine the milieu he uncovered in Mean Streets . |
| 23 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 24 | The Anniversary also served as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the wartime years by those who gave unstintingly to preserve the freedom we now enjoy . |
| 25 | Clearly results must improve quickly if Darlington are to preserve the status they attained with such distinction under the leadership of former manager Brian Little . |
| 26 | ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ I think to preserve the rainforest it would be better to begin in the Andes . |
| 27 | Their under-officers fell out one by one and took station along the way to preserve the channel they had opened . |
| 28 | This figure includes some 900,000 people who in 1985 failed to claim the benefits they were legally entitled to . |
| 29 | The secret which Carol has faithfully kept for more than four months was finally out yesterday as Commander Tim Laurence and his bride-to-be allowed her to claim the credit she deserves . |
| 30 | Certain people , perhaps because they were friendly with one doctor but held a higher opinion of the professional ability of the other , took to carrying cards in their pockets which gave the relevant instructions in case they should find themselves too far gone to claim the doctor they wanted . |