Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of Alan Charlton , he has these six very fine grey panels , by very fine I just mean they are handsomely proportioned , they are very carefully coloured to a very precise , not just colour but also weight of colour and brightness and so on , but the way they 're shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition , and this is part of it 's stupidity , is , well I got the feeling it was intended to kill them to stone dead by putting them next to something very loud , very elaborate , very expressionist , a vast canvass by a very good painter by Mutter .
2 You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face .
3 Perhaps she had intended to restore it to working order but with increasing age had n't been able to summon the energy or enthusiasm to cope with the disturbance .
4 Vivien had some friends still up at Oxford and had arranged to meet them for lunch at the Randolph Hotel .
5 It is perfectly simple , relatively speaking , to store on magnetic tape within a computer a full catalogue entry , including a classification symbol or symbols , and to label each segment of the information in such a way that the computer can be programmed to find it on demand .
6 Our questionnaire is designed to help you to sharp-focus on your own ‘ natural nature ’ .
7 This national scheme , which is supported by the Government , is designed to put you in touch with tenants in other local authorities ' areas who might be interested in exchanging homes with you .
8 As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge .
9 and she said oh Fred 's just come to put me to bed , you know , he comes every night
10 Sir Colin is expected to succeed him as chairman .
11 with Mr Ross and is expected to succeed him as chairman , stressed that the board changes come after a review process started last September .
12 Or perhaps , having selected one 's trout from the tank , one was expected to kick it to death , and with traditional Southern courtesy they wished to prevent my Italian loafers getting messed .
13 10K TRAINING SCHEDULES Here are specific training schedules designed to get you in shape for a great 10K race performance .
14 More than 27,000 Geordies are expected to will them to victory and avoid a first ever drop into the third division .
15 Encounters with professionals are dominated by medical and therapeutic interventions designed to return us to ablebodiedness to assist our physical and psychological ‘ adjustment ’ to personal limitations .
16 Sun was expected to display it at PC Expo this summer but Snoopy has never been seen except behind closed doors .
17 " I 've come to ask you for money , my lord .
18 For the most delicate lake systems of Sweden and Norway even a 100 per cent reduction in deposition is not expected to return them to life ; 3–7 per cent of the lakes in Norway 's 1,000 lake study are in this super-sensitive category with a ‘ zero alkalinity ’ at 100 per cent reduction , and will require liming .
19 ‘ Yes Please ’ is n't designed to blow you into oblivion , more lull you into a false sense of security .
20 UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE CAPPING , THEY 'VE COME TO TAKE YOU INTO CARE !
21 ‘ I 've come to take you to dinner , ’ he announced calmly .
22 The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables .
23 Distamycin A tends to lack stability in aqueous solution and it is not recommended to store it in solution .
24 Indeed , 12 promising assistant managers are being selected annually for a development programme designed to prepare them for promotion to general managers .
25 The actual title of the course matters a lot less than the content , but a word of caution is necessary here to help you differentiate between programmes designed to prepare you for re-entry to the profession , and those which may be open to nurses currently practising , namely ‘ refresher courses ’ .
26 The long ones can be shortened to bring them into line , and broken ends tidied up by clean cutting .
27 In order to collect information about the dementia sufferer 's informal or family carers it was decided to interview them in depth , using a semi-structured questionnaire ( see Appendix I ) .
28 We left the trees and walked now between high stands of phragmites and reedmace , pausing at a reed screen positioned to hide us from sight .
29 Even Barcelona would be pushed to meet it at present .
30 Until 1925 it had been possible for Communists to be represented in all sections of the Labour Party but at the liverpool Conference it was decided to exclude them from membership .
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