Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown . |
| 2 | He 's buying up Arsenal to put out a strong reserve team : |
| 3 | It was Dick Graham who paired Brian with Alan Stephenson to form probably the earliest and certainly one of the most effective central defensive partnerships at the Palace . |
| 4 | Firemen were called to Old Cemetery Road in Hartlepool shortly before midnight on Tuesday to put out a blazing car . |
| 5 | Dundee defender , Steve Pittman , latched on to a defensive error by John Inglis to race down the left flank . |
| 6 | Eight years after her marriage to Robert Dudley , Amy Robsart , daughter of a Norfolk knighted gentleman , moved from Lincolnshire to Berkshire to take up the vast abode that her charming if rakish husband had provided for her . |
| 7 | However , by January of last year Scott was involved in arrangements with Chorley and Walker to bring in the second load , alleged Mr Burke . |
| 8 | The Dalek ship is programmed to return to Kembel in spite of all their efforts to divert it , and it falls to Steven to hand over the fake core to the Daleks once the Doctor and Sara are aboard the TARDIS . |
| 9 | At that point , the court ordered Koons to hand over the fourth sculpture , which he had kept for himself . |
| 10 | Runcorn 's Justin Wall had rattled the post before Phil Brown punished a debut slip by defender Andy Taylor to set up a close range opener for David Riley . |
| 11 | ‘ We were sent to a landing strip on the coast near Bardia to set up a listening post on a wavelength contained in sealed orders . |
| 12 | Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board . |
| 13 | An NVQ co-ordinator , Gill Murdoch , was appointed in May to carry forward the challenging work of developing assessment strategies for level 4 qualifications and informing and helping potential centresand candidates in implementing the new qualification system . |
| 14 | One only has to compare Scotland with England to see where the real problem lay . |
| 15 | Henry himself marched into Anjou to carry out a similar policy and sent Geoffrey to do the same in Brittany . |
| 16 | David Newman , team leader , helps Kim to carry out the administrative aspects of the sales centre . |
| 17 | Following discussions by a forum of some 70 senior executives from the industry , brought together by the Association , and which invited the HCIMA to set up an industry-led accreditation scheme . |
| 18 | The establishment of Georgia completed the process of coastal settlement , and it was close enough to the Spanish colony of Florida to open up a new area of conflict . |
| 19 | The agreement yesterday by Russia and Ukraine to set up a joint parliamentary commission on how to divide the fleet is a welcome sign of flexibility . |
| 20 | In 1976 , in response to a White Paper on devolution to Scotland and Wales , the CNAA commented that it had always been sensitive to the specific conditions and needs of Scotland , and that it might be appropriate for the CNAA to set up a Scottish Committee . |
| 21 | His first major title — the Strachan Professional — received little publicity , but his 38-minute four-frame coup de grace on Parrott to wrap up a 9–3 win took him to fifth in the rankings and made anything seem possible . |
| 22 | Becky , of Shanklin , on the Isle of Wight , will need at least one more operation in January to cover up the remaining bald patches on her head . |
| 23 | Shearson was left holding the baby when the music stopped after the buyout : J H Whitney Co , leading the buyout , had persuaded Shearson to put up a bridging loan , and that it would easily be able to sell much of it on ; in the event , the junk bond market collapsed and no-one wanted it . |
| 24 | Police in Oxfordshire have joined colleagues in Portugal and Denmark to piece together the final moments of Mr Christensen 's life . |
| 25 | In the three or so years before matters were finally settled , a lot happened ; George Simpson gave up his interest in the partnership to retire to his leafy mansion near Reigate ; Hofmann had left England to take up a prestigious academic post in Berlin ; and the new Nicholson , Maule & Nicholson partnership had begun to transfer its production to a site at Hackney Wick . |
| 26 | But it is presumably these later criticisms , made long after his emancipation from Wagner , that inspired Elisabeth to explain away the Wagnerian connection as merely secondary ; while her claims about her brother 's real intention to produce a " large " book about Greece ( and nothing but Greece ) would seem to be prompted by a desire to enhance his scholarly image ; for no other kind of book ( she decided ) would have satisfied his " scholar 's conscience . " |
| 27 | Julia Noon , aged 12 , of St Anne 's on Sea , Lancashire , took the politic and patriotic route and wrote to 10 Downing Street to find out the Prime Minister 's favourite foods . |
| 28 | His family has been involved in braiding and ropework for more than a century , and four years ago he came to Newtonmore to set up a small , high quality production facility for climbing ropes . |
| 29 | Those who are not may choose the more attractive route , going north to Koblenz , turning right to follow the Rhine , turning left about 8km ( 5 miles ) after Kaiserstuhl to pick up the same road through Jestetten . |
| 30 | 9.00am Linda pops into the Savoury Delicatessen in Clapham High Street to pick up a few essential items . |