Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frictions grew steadily worse , and in an attempt to accommodate them the 1897 Vienna Congress resolved that the party become a federation of six national parties . |
| 2 | ‘ He gave me twelve months to find him a bigger place , ’ recalled Thomas . |
| 3 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 4 | It took the bank almost two months to write him a curt letter saying it was not interested . |
| 5 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 6 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 7 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 8 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 9 | The result was that after two years out of racing , Niki asked Ron Dennis to give him a private test — mainly to assure himself that he had not lost his skill and that he could face the new world of FI wing cars , quicker and much more road-adhering than the old generation . |
| 10 | He wore a flat , battered cap on his head , pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air . |
| 11 | ‘ Bearing in mind that it will be Ian McGeechan 's last game as Scotland coach , it 's a perfect setting for Gavin and his side to give him a fitting send-off , ’ said Best , who will be taking a video of the Murrayfield game back with him and will spend this week poring over it , looking at both the performances of Scotland and potential Lions . |
| 12 | There was a full social programme to give them a good impression of Scotland and its people . |
| 13 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 14 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 15 | The straps had been painted in Renaissance fold mixed with cadmium red light to give it a warmer , redder appearance . |
| 16 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 17 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 18 | She opened her mouth to give him a blistering answer , then closed it abruptly . |
| 19 | A finish applied to the fabric to give it a watermarked appearance . |
| 20 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
| 21 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 22 | Mother says I must n't grow any more till she 's collected enough wool to knit me a bigger one . |
| 23 | Young people differ in their interests and aptitudes , and we need a range of schools to offer them the best opportunities . |
| 24 | That is why , no matter what the last-minute mediators may say , there is a danger that their aim will be interpreted not as an effort to secure Mr Hussein 's compliance with demands that have somehow escaped his attention , but as an attempt to offer him an easy way out . |
| 25 | Three are commonly identified i.e. national , local and school , and in an attempt to clarify them the following paragraphs examine each in turn . |
| 26 | In Luxor we hired a felucca with two crewmen to take us the 120 miles by river to Aswan . |
| 27 | And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club . |
| 28 | We have linked up with L'Oréal Plénitude to bring you an exciting , friendly and informative day packed with inspirational ideas to help you make the most of yourself . |
| 29 | They really do stand a better chance being left there to their own devices for the parents to feed them the right diet than being picked up and brought here . |
| 30 | Fortunately the visibility was excellent , and so we could fly at 3,000 feet above the terrain to give us a larger cone of vision as well as options in the event of engine failure . |