Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EM Forster was delighted to find Hardy the perfect host , commenting later that he ‘ always made sure one had plenty of cream in one 's tea ’ . |
| 2 | To retrieve data the logical track and sector is passed to the drive which translates the data automatically to physical tracks and sectors . |
| 3 | Coming back from school in England , being met at the airport , hoping to find Francis the other side of the door into the main building . |
| 4 | The gang of six I took to see Hook the other day all loved it . |
| 5 | The fact that Fields had arrived out of the blue , managed to sell Branson the basic idea of an airline and walked away six months later on his way to a million pounds … that was evidence of a particular sort of skill which Branson could appreciate . |
| 6 | The method of netting was to set nets the full length of the wood from the stream , some 500 yards ( 450 metres ) or so . |
| 7 | One night , as Tempy was helping her undress , she determined to tackle Stephen the next day . |
| 8 | And if you happen to be too young to remember rock'n'roll the first time around , this is the perfect way to discover what all the fuss was about ! |
| 9 | Along with the hundred copies Hannah dealt with the following day for those who had been unable to reach Skipton the staggering figure of five hundred books were signed . |
| 10 | She braced herself to see Matthew the following day , but she did n't . |
| 11 | Race officials decided not to award McLeod-Wright the second cup , The Journal Trophy , outright after his sixth win and it is still presented to the winner at Newcastle 's Civic Centre each year . |
| 12 | Julia waited to give Raffaella the bad news until she had delivered her lesson , led a halting conversation in English about the future of Italy , handed out the previous week 's exercises that she had marked , and set the work for the next lesson . |
| 13 | The old lady took all her money out of the bank and made plans to leave Sheffield the next day . |
| 14 | The Congress ended a stormy debate on Saturday which appeared to give parliament the upper hand in the struggle over who rules Russia . |
| 15 | Such mistranslations occasionally had their amusing side , as when ‘ State Ball ’ was translated so as to give listeners the delightful picture of the president playing football with a visiting group of dignitaries at State House . |
| 16 | Engineers often introduce into factories new electronic machinery not because it is better than the old methods but to give management the upper hand over the workers |
| 17 | For this reason , inverse ratchets have been used in the past , to give management the maximum proportion of Newco 's equity at the outset , which reduces if the business does not achieve defined profit targets . |
| 18 | Chairman Corden refused to give Gray the infamous vote of confidence , but he was eventually forced to take action after Torquay outclassed Quakers 3–0 at a windy Plainmoor , with Justin Fashanu setting up victory . |
| 19 | Gary Wolstenholme drew on his wealth of experience over the Hoylake course to give England the all-important point which keeps them on course for a fifth title in a decade . |
| 20 | Mistakes of that sort apart , it would seem that , as had always been the case , some sort of checking system was needed to give lenders the required degree of confidence to carry on , and that the more thorough and ‘ scientific ’ it was the better for both borrower and lender , the more effectively it reduced the incidence of overindebtedness , and saved borrowers from overstretching themselves and indulging in mad bouts of impulsive buying . |
| 21 | The Department of Transport was then offering a 50% grant towards the cost of new one-man buses , and was persuaded to give Blackpool the same grant for converting its railcoaches to ‘ new trams ’ . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is probably more practical not to do things the standard way as this avoids what is likely to be severe over-kill for do-it-yourself applications . |
| 23 | ‘ You do like to do things the hard way , do n't you , Mr Glover ? |
| 24 | Most companies are willing to give customers the best service they can , and virtually all suppliers interviewed stressed their eagerness to talk to caterers about their individual needs to as to match the right product to the right task . |
| 25 | In the North a nozzle called a sparkler is often attached to the spout on the bar to give beer the creamy head preferred there . |
| 26 | Mike and I had quickly established a routine : our day would start at 4.30am , when I would cook a massive breakfast to last Mike the whole day . |
| 27 | I never knew how much Albert and Mary gave Mum and Dad , but they threw money around like water ; as Mum had said , she was going to give Mary the best turn-out in the district . |
| 28 | ‘ Tony has just the skills we need to give cricket the right image , ’ a Test and County Cricket Board insider said . |
| 29 | Riddick Bowe , who fights world champion Evander Holyfield here on Friday night , is almost certain to renege on the deal to give Lewis the first defence if he wins . |
| 30 | Course content has been selected to give graduates the necessary knowledge , skills and experience to equip them for careers in software development , application systems development , and in using computer systems to further organizational goals . |