Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many elderly housebound people living alone feel the loss of their independence very keenly and fear becoming a burden to others . |
| 2 | Meanwhile I propose paying a visit to the offices of the Wiener Tageblatt . ’ |
| 3 | The jurist could consider holding a trust to be valid where the beneficiary was the same , although the trustee liable had in fact changed . |
| 4 | Deputies of the Assembly of South Vietnam proposed sending a deputation to Hanoi , and Nguyen Xuan Oanh , acting Premier of South Vietnam during 1964 — 5 , praised him in the Assembly as a Vietnamese hero : one who might be called an Asian Tito . |
| 5 | Mr Trevor Fisher , who is from Shrewsbury , organised the event and is seen presenting a cheque to Fr Tom Mulheran , the Director of the Trust , watched by Headmaster Mr John Byrne , who is from St Vincent 's Parish , Altrincham . |
| 6 | Western blot analysis was performed using an antibody to CREB as described in materials and methods . |
| 7 | Consider adding a border to the leading edges and making tie-backs to match ; or having tie-backs where none existed before . |
| 8 | How Lord Mountbatten would have relished adding a saint to the other family honours he proudly displayed . |
| 9 | At present the work of the Palaeontological Department staff in Scotland includes providing a service to the field staff related to long term field projects and site investigation enquiries , curating the extensive collections of Scottish fossils in their care and conducting specialist research . |
| 10 | Please consider giving a penny to Christian Aid for every mile you travel . |
| 11 | You seem to have an emotion , that made you resent making a sacrifice to your brother , and , and presumably , would have stopped you making it , if you 'd been free to choose . |
| 12 | A DARLINGTON woman has died leaving a fortune to the American college where she studied more than 50 years ago . |
| 13 | The relationship flourished following a visit to Moscow by Sun 's Bill Joy and John Gage in October 1990 — Sun was impressed by the levels of reliability and miniaturisation , combined with a close integration of hardware and software that Elvis+ has brought to wireless networking . |
| 14 | You will see that we intend sending a leaflet to each member with the summer edition of Rural Wales , with the plea that they use it to recruit at least one new member . |
| 15 | Dangerfield selected the thinnest girl and began dancing a waltz to the hymn-tune . |
| 16 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 17 | There 's the firstly that of young children , and it 's something that I remember putting a motion to in the last administration about a creche or whatever or looking into this facility , in the fact of erm , trying to encourage more people with young families to erm , actually get involved in local government and politics . |
| 18 | Eva recollects making a commitment to Christ when she became a junior soldier . |
| 19 | Defiant Iris Bentley wept as she began planning an appeal to the Queen to win a posthumous royal pardon for her brother . |
| 20 | Antislavery history thus entailed building a monument to the sect . |
| 21 | These made his name — which by now was E. D. Morel — but also revealed his bellicosity ( he favoured sending a gunboat to the Congo ) , capacity for self-deception ( he forgot his own previous defence of the Leopoldian system ) , and vanity ( he resented sharing the limelight even with activists of longer standing ) . |
| 22 | In January 1948 the US State Department began to consider posting an Ambassador to Madrid and supplies of petroleum and military and paramilitary matériel began to be sent through the Standard Oil Company . |
| 23 | On behalf of CPRW , I would like to say how grateful we are for your request to the Trustees of Mrs L D Rope 's Second Charitable Settlement to consider making a donation to CPRW . |
| 24 | If you would like to consider leaving a bequest to the Trust please contact the Legacies Unit , 36 , Queen Anne 's Gate , London . |
| 25 | Production director , is pictured presenting a cheque to , vice-chairwoman of the St. Nicholas Hospice . |
| 26 | Many die-hard defenders of the outmoded Please Pass The Toast system have expressed fears that fair votes must inevitably mean granting a platform to ultra-rightists . |
| 27 | Try sending a fax to the main Leeds Utd number ( coming up ) , and mark it for the attention of the SOUVENIR SHOP . |
| 28 | That meant taking a saw to the top , higher than the tree surgeons had ever climbed before . |
| 29 | The Census In the United Kingdom , this is held every ten years ( i.e. 1961 , 1971 , 1981 ) , and involves distributing a questionnaire to every household . |
| 30 | Can anyone recall catching a train to or from Stretford Bridge ? |