Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Under the new procedure BR sent us , plus two Americans we 'd persuaded to visit the Ffestiniog , by taxi to Blaenau Ffestiniog .
2 But Sally was so good , Luckily I 'd remembered to pack the Farley 's Rusks and she had those mixed up with boiled water the guard got for me from the restaurant car . ’
3 If we knew she 'd gone to climb the Himalayas , we would n't care .
4 And he 'd meant to watch the God slot .
5 Oh , yes , I felt tempted to question the Ralembergs .
6 The Presidential Council initially appeared designed to supplant the CPSU central committee politburo as the main centre of political decision making in the Soviet Union .
7 By now he had come to symbolize the Montparnasse adventure , and even in his worst moments he had a glamour about him , a sense of intensity , that excited envy and admiration .
8 Last week The Northern Echo disclosed how Durham county councillors had voted to repossess the Duke Street premises in Darlington occupied by the Durlia Club .
9 Jesus had claimed to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days .
10 During my last year at Oxford I had applied to join the Sudan Political Service .
11 The ministers agreed to take " co-ordinated action " to combat the menace of terrorism which they said threatened to destabilize the South Asian region .
12 The Iraqi plane was one of four to cross the parallel that day ; the first two had flown north when challenged , but the second two ( one of which escaped ) had turned to confront the US fighters , in what US officials considered a deliberate attempt to test the resolve of the allies — the USA , the United Kingdom and France — in policing the " no-fly zone " established in August [ see pp. 39068-69 ] .
13 It was reported on Aug. 5 that three of Nepal 's smaller communist parties had merged to form the Nepal Communist Party ( United ) in order to " strengthen the left movement " .
14 On Jan. 15 , Czechoslovak officials claimed that the Soviet Finance MInister , Valentin Pavlov had sought to postpone the Prague meeting in an effort to slow down the pace of reform within COMECON .
15 In addition , the Commission revealed that Macierewicz had sought to pressure the KPN leadership with information about its chair , Leszek Moczulski , linking this with an attempt to prevent the Olszewski government 's fall .
16 With counties restricted to fielding two players whose registrations are contested within any five-year period , Robinson had threatened to sue the TCCB .
17 My first thought was that the superintendent had decided to run the InterCity train with one power car .
18 It was reported on Feb. 20 , however , that the government had decided to meet the CNG for exploratory peace talks , without demanding that the guerrillas declare a ceasefire in advance .
19 I am sure that he saw the depressing report in The Sunday Telegraph that , with its customary foresight and thoughtfulness , the Treasury had decided to reject the Thameslink project .
20 It was reported on March 8 that the USSR Cabinet had decided to rescind the Rbs500-a-month limit on withdrawals from private savings bank accounts .
21 Acheson , at least , had practically made up his mind as soon as the French had promised to ratify the Elysee agreements ; and in setting out the arguments to the US Embassy in Bangkok no alternative to recognition was in fact suggested .
22 The government of President Roh Tae Woo , who since his election in 1988 had promised to free the South Korean political process from corruption , was undermined during February by the revelation of several scandals .
23 The incipient trade breakdown which had helped to spark the Petrograd insurrection accelerated after February .
24 It was alleged they had helped to organise the Castlemorton free festival .
25 Twelveheads was near Wesley 's revival centre at Gwennap pit ; Bray 's grandfather had been one of his converts and had helped to build the Twelveheads chapel .
26 Clenching his fist to deliver an imaginary uppercut , he sketched the very blow he had used to crush the Warlord 's face .
27 The Ministry of Defence had its continuing missile special relationship with the United States , whose Department of Defense had agreed to substitute the Trident submarine-missile system for Polaris .
28 Royal Bank Chief Executive Dr George Mathewson said , ‘ Following hard on the heels of our announcement in April that we had agreed to acquire the Boston Five , this is another encouraging step towards our strategic aim of deriving more than 10 per cent of our earnings from the USA .
29 It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback .
30 ( Congress had agreed to give the US administration until March 3 , 1991 , to submit an entire trade package which would then be subject to a single vote instead of the more usual procedure of amending it item by item . )
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