Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey Bayldon was accidentally transported from the 11th century to the 20th as the wizard Catweazle , while vandals in Australia tried to kill Skippy the bush kangaroo at Watarah National Park . |
| 2 | She had expected to see Fosdyke the day before when she went shopping . |
| 3 | It helped to give Hartlepool the lead , with the move begun in their own area and completed by Paul Baker 's firm header on Paul Dalton 's cross . |
| 4 | The plan was designed to give France the initiative in German affairs which had been slipping away from her . |
| 5 | The question was designed to give Klepner the opportunity to express a contrary view to Sanders , which , in effect , was that there should be no further new investment in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | " I want to show James the rest of the house , " Jenny said . |
| 7 | So suppose Rabbit wants to tell Pooh the truth about honey , and believes the relevant truth to be the proposition , P , that there is some . |
| 8 | MERSEY FOOTBALL GIANTS RACE TO SIGN MARVIN THE MARVEL |
| 9 | One attempt had been made to murder Nowak the day before . |
| 10 | A Convention , similar to that in England , which met in Edinburgh on 14 March 1689 , eventually decided to offer William the throne , though many Scots , especially the chieftains in the Highlands where the old religion remained strong , still regarded James II as their king , and others , not necessarily Catholic , saw in the dispossessed Stuarts the best hope of regaining Scotland 's lost independence . |
| 11 | And this will make Pooh 's inference from Eeyore 's sigh to what Eeyore believes safer than his inference from Rabbit 's words to what Rabbit believes : because that inference does depend on Rabbit 's wanting to tell Pooh the truth , whereas , as we 've remarked , he may in fact be lying . |
| 12 | Under twenty years of military rule , its output has grown to make Brazil the world 's largest agricultural exporter after the United States . |
| 13 | Vice Chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls , declining to grant Venables the injunction he sought yesterday , said that to have done so would override the majority decision of the Spurs board , which had the right to ‘ hire and fire . ’ |
| 14 | Robert knew , but he was n't going to give Hasan the satisfaction of knowing that he knew . |
| 15 | But if you 'd like to give Doreen the job I 'd — I 'd quite understand . ’ |
| 16 | And then I 'd like to get the Ultimate Warrior , I 'd like to get Jake the Snake |
| 17 | He had had to ask Hank the name of the principal and what courses he had been taking , since he had never bothered to inquire about these before . |
| 18 | The fame of Peter Abelard had helped to make Paris the centre of the intellectual world of the twelfth century , the Mecca of all students . |
| 19 | She had forgotten that she telephoned to tell Scott the news of the trust . |
| 20 | The fathers failed to give Philip the satisfaction of a full-scale condemnation : the Order was suppressed by an administrative act of the pope 's and not by the Council . |
| 21 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 22 | Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’ |
| 23 | For a second Sara looked blankly at him and then she suddenly remembered the little man who had called to see Matthew the day Fairfax had been there . |
| 24 | You 'll have to give Glen the money though . |
| 25 | England without half the team they will be expected to send out against Poland at Wembley on September 8 survived to give Taylor the respite he needs . |
| 26 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 27 | yes I , I would suggest that I , I do n't know the particular individual who put the words together , but you would have to ask Mr the marketing director for that information |
| 28 | And the apologist who might wish to make Huxley the aggressor should know that one observer , the zoologist Alfred Newton , clearly reported that it was Huxley who had first been chaffed by the bishop . |
| 29 | But erm I went to see Liz the night before she got married and actually she had no make-up on right but she looked prettier without it , like Catherine |
| 30 | As I 've just said , Herod did not intend to kill John the Baptist but his wife , Herodias , did . |