Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 2 | Secular books on the New Age tend to treat it as the latest fad ; the ‘ in thing ’ of the eighties , full of Alternative Types and quaint ideas about the ‘ good life ’ down on the organic , backyard farm . |
| 3 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 4 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 5 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 6 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 7 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 8 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 9 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 10 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 11 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 12 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 13 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 14 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 15 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 16 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
| 17 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 18 | An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future . |
| 19 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 20 | Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition . |
| 21 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 22 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 23 | Another time , I had arranged to meet him in the Naafi , a popular meeting place on the camp , at 5pm . |
| 24 | She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on . |
| 25 | Kankoila was one of the founder members of FLING , helping to establish it in the early 1950s . |
| 26 | The courses are aimed at senior management and are intended to provide them with the knowledge and skills to exploit AIT effectively in their business . |
| 27 | Maggie clung to the privacy of her room , as small children do to their teddy bears ; she never invited her friends there , preferring to contain them in the large sitting-room below . |
| 28 | All who have kept wild animals as pets or got to know them in the wild have come to realize that they each have their own personality and manner of expression , within the constraints of that species ’ natural instincts . |
| 29 | Counsel thought so little of it that he did not seek to sustain it before the House of Lords . |
| 30 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |