Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bank agreed to increase this to £135,000 , reducing to £120,000 after three weeks , but it required the security of a second charge on the shareholder 's matrimonial home , which was jointly owned by himself and his wife . |
| 2 | One thing you might have noticed , though , is that there is only Heather who actually wants to sit next to Gowie . |
| 3 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 4 | Bill has explained this to Paul five times . |
| 5 | However few who die are reckoned fit to enter directly into the presence of God and the vast majority of Roman Catholics expect to go first to Purgatory either on account of dying ‘ in venial sin ’ ( Catechism P. 32 ) or being ‘ indebted to God 's justice on account of mortal sin . ’ |
| 6 | He does manage carefully prepared appearances in public , he does see journalists ( this interview was conducted by telephone , still his chief channel of communication ) , it does sometimes seem as if every second person on the London meeja circuit has sat next to Rushdie at some dinner party . |
| 7 | ‘ Profitability in the commodity area has collapsed relative to ICI 's expectations , ’ he says . |
| 8 | The Physics Challenge at Marton Sixth Form College , Middlesbrough , has attracted 14 to 16-year-olds over three two-day periods . |
| 9 | A 9in ( 230mm ) boundary wall , which has cracked due to settlement , is to be replaced . |
| 10 | A stake in the business , which has come near to bankruptcy , is put up for sale . |
| 11 | Although the company has no connection with the killings , JS has made available to customers a list of the products involved . |
| 12 | In 10.29 Moses invited his father-in-law to accompany them on their journeyings with the words , ‘ … come with us , and we will do you good ; for the Lord has promised good to Israel . ’ |
| 13 | They are great colonisers of damaged reefs , whether the damaged reefs , whether the damage has occurred due to tourism , with attendant pollution , from shipping traffic or sedimentation . |
| 14 | Prometheus tried to rival a God called Zeus by stealing fire from heaven then giving it to Earth which is similar to Frankenstein 's actions because he stole the secret of life and proposed to give this to humans until it went disastrously wrong . |
| 15 | Sandy , a divorced mother of one , has played Cupid to scores of couples since setting up the business at her home in Rhosesmor , Clwyd , six years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ If we are talking about who has contributed most to hairdressing , it would have to be Vidal Sassoon . |
| 17 | Slim , dark-haired Parul has stayed loyal to Courtney throughout their 11 years together , first as his lover , then as his wife . |
| 18 | It has become clearer to people what they are there for , and the importance of research and students . |
| 19 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 20 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 21 | In recent years , the Post Office Address File ( PAF ) has become available to researchers . |
| 22 | Penang has become crucial to Malaysia 's move into high-tech manufacturing . |
| 23 | The idea has become axiomatic to politics , so much so that people are hardly conscious of it any longer . |
| 24 | You want to give that to Deborah ? |
| 25 | Its coat colour and pigmented skin are valued in hot climates where it has proved resistant to eye cancer and also , to some extent , to ticks . |
| 26 | So much has changed in the life of the farm worker , especially the nature of his work ; yet so much , as we shall see , has remained resistant to change . |
| 27 | Pask , who 's a laboratory technician from Horwich in greater manchester , denies murdering Doctor Howe but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibilty . |
| 28 | Her father , William Kwavalskie , who 's from Shurdington in Gloucestershire , denies murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter . |
| 29 | Sams has pleaded guilty to kidnapping Stephanie , unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom . |
| 30 | He said look you do n't need to take that to school , it 's just taking up space which I could stand in . |