Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We were ordered into the service area off the kitchen and made to sit on the floor . |
| 32 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 33 | That the Rev. C. G. Hamilton having at the suggestion of the Governors agreed to retire from the Headmastership on a pension , the Governors beg respectfully to suggest £150 per annum as such pension , and ask the advice of the Charity Commissioners on the subject . " |
| 34 | Ajdabiyans expected to go to the polls in the winter of 1978–9 , and in anticipation their political activists had drawn up two lists of candidates for each of the fifteen popular committees . |
| 35 | Proceedings were halted after the forum 's interim executive committee chaired by Seraphin Rwamba failed to agree with the President on the live radio coverage of deliberations , which Compaore opposed . |
| 36 | Despite the apparent progress at the UN , the Jakarta meeting ( JIM 3 ) ended early after the Cambodian factions failed to agree on the wording of a final communiqué . |
| 37 | Following talks in Moscow on Sept. 9-10 representatives from member nations of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) failed to agree on the division of assets by Sept. 28 as scheduled [ see p. 38315 ] ; however , it was agreed in early October that this deadline should be extended to the end of November . |
| 38 | The 26th International Conference , due to have been held in Budapest on Nov. 29-Dec. 6 , was postponed after members failed to agree on the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) . |
| 39 | However , ministers failed to agree by the end of June on a complementary Convention on External Frontiers harmonizing immigration policy . |
| 40 | As a food and store safety officer , I felt dismayed and frustrated to see in the Journal , members of staff wearing inappropriate jewellery and , in high risk areas , all hair not kept within hats . |
| 41 | It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve . |
| 42 | Johnson responded to this courteous , gentlemanly Highlander ; Boswell failed to see beyond the Gael , the Jacobite . |
| 43 | MK Trafford Holdings failed in a takeover bid for Manchester United , which failed to float on the stock market as well as the pitch . |
| 44 | ‘ Mme Verard , ’ he wrote , ‘ for so they called her , in order to pay her that honour due to her staunchness and fidelity ( though the union had never been blessed in God 's sight ) , had heard among her people that they planned to fall upon the settlers and massacre them in their beds one moonlit night . |
| 45 | ‘ I made to go down the stairs to see what was happening . |
| 46 | Besides , hearing of cases brought by the state against thieves who passed their finds to dealers on the black market and failed to report to the Commission on Antiquities ended his youthful enthusiasm for archaeology : Davide was law-abiding by temperament . |
| 47 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 48 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
| 49 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 50 | For some reason Gadfly failed to appear on the invitation list . |
| 51 | Eventually Hayling agreed to appear in the prospectus confirmed as chief executive until the launch . |
| 52 | They concealed the horses and made camp among the trees , out of sight of anyone who chanced to pass during the night . |
| 53 | The new rules for taxing manufactured interest , payments made to compensate for the loss of interest , where for instance a security is ‘ sold cum interest ’ but acquired by the seller ex interest in order to meet the sale , took effect on 29 June 1992 and apply from 30 June 1992 . |
| 54 | He also agreed to grant to the state land at Tatoi as payment for the remainder of his debt . |
| 55 | The curtains failed to meet in the middle , revealing a section of the room beyond : a high , narrow bed flanked by a massive wardrobe in dark , stained oak ; a large crucifix with an unusually lifelike Christ hanging on the wall . |
| 56 | The threshold time is therefore automatically raised or lowered to compensate for the reader being swept too slowly or too quickly . |
| 57 | The first decree was issued in 1972 by the military regime in alliance with the local bourgeoisie , who clearly expected to benefit from the initiative . |
| 58 | Others had to put up with less ideal locations , and this led to demand for the feng shui practitioner , whose skill was in improving the landscape by correct siting , ensuring that nothing took place to disturb the flows of energy . |
| 59 | The organiser of a country show which failed to pull in the crowds says he 'll be holding a full enquiry into what went wrong . |
| 60 | It added : ‘ They also saw students from a college being ordered out in front of the building , made to stand against the wall , and shot dead . |