Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean .
2 ‘ I do n't know why you do n't get old Crumwallis to make you head of the boarding section , ’ said Onyx , dumping the baby down in its playpen and ignoring its grizzles of discontent .
3 As most of us watched the Rodney King verdict and its horrifying aftermath on TV , journalist James Ryan and photographer Andrew Macpherson drove separately into South Central LA to record their views of the riots ; meanwhile , KRS-One , Heavy D , NWA and other rappers give their comments
4 The opposition agreed in early March to halt its campaign of disruption , and on March 13 the 72,200,000 million yen budget was passed by 268 votes to 211 in the lower house ( US$1.00=133.926 yen as at March 16 , 1992 ) .
5 A team will go out to Russia from this country during the week beginning 10 February to see what part we can play in that process .
6 As it is , a different worry confronts the West : how best to get the Bosnian Serbs to change their minds .
7 PLEASE tell me what you think , come to the meeting on Friday 6th October to input your ideas and opinions .
8 Coach Lane has returned from his native Australia to watch his side perform this afternoon .
9 A record company spokesman said : ‘ The American public had voted for a younger Elvis to grace their postage stamps and we took the hint . ’
10 However , the USA relaxed its sanctions against Libya in late March to allow US technicians to travel to Libya to combat rampant screwworm infestation which was threatening the region 's cattle .
11 Abu-Halima 's brother , Mohamed , said in New York that Mahmud was arrested after arriving in Egypt on 11 March to visit their family .
12 The train doors lingered open to the musty night air , encouraging Harry to sink his voice to a whisper as he said : ‘ Do you have any real evidence for this , Miss Labrooy ? ’
13 We 're becoming involved in helping the nuclear operators in Eastern Europe to upgrade their plant .
14 Does the Secretary of State agree that until now , there has been little to encourage the new democracies of central and eastern Europe to change their minds about the EC being a rich man 's club ?
15 To encourage the others — the other liberal and democratic elements in Eastern Europe to keep their heads down .
16 They are among five members of the 166-strong current Dail to signal their retirement ahead of the approaching election .
17 My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’
18 A further feature of an inhibitory CS is that it will reduce the ability of a separately trained excitatory CS to evoke its CR when the two stimuli are presented as a compound .
19 Objectivity Inc has lined up Micram Microelectronic GmbH to distribute its object database in Germany .
20 The defendants , with the exception of Vicki Evans , who jumped bail and fled to New York , appeared in court on 29 September to enter their pleas .
21 The Nez Perce then descended the eastern Bitterroots into Montana on 25th July to find their path blocked by a crude stockade , subsequently dubbed ‘ Fort Fizzle ’ .
22 Finally , full-scale two dimensional panels were constructed of shark-fin B–17Ds to provide their appearance at Hickam Field .
23 The UUUC fought the UK general election in February and held a conference at Portrush on 24/26 April to clarify its policy which included a demand for an immediate general election for the Northern Ireland Assembly .
24 Moscow city council decided on 27 June to privatize its housing stock .
25 Perhaps a more sensitive test would be to examine the writings of puritans who did take an interest in science in seventeenth-century England to see what connections they did make in their schemes for reform .
26 Randy and Merlin Sherwood 's beautiful mother adjusted her mascara in the driving mirror and eyed Rupert Campbell-Black who 'd just rolled up alone in a dark green Ferrari to watch his daughter , Tabitha , play in the first final for the under-fourteens .
27 It is not known if at this stage Sugar was earmarked for preservation , or whether it was simply put into storage along with hundreds of other Lancasters to await their fate .
28 The pope himself may even have hoped that the fall of communism might inspire decadent Western Europe to renew its faith , and help spread Catholicism into the Soviet Union .
29 In July the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity agreed to ask the national parliaments of Western Europe to lend their voices to the argument .
30 What news will Chancellor Norman Lamont have for the motorist when he rises in the House of Commons next Tuesday to deliver his budget speech ?
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