Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray .
2 It had taken her precious time to track down the people Lori had stayed with , only to discover , when she arrived , that Lori had flown off to Caracas .
3 Wednesday were twice in trouble in the first half — Woods doing well to tip over a Marcus Marin shot , and Nigel Worthington clearing a Witeczek header off the line .
4 Public pressure on the Canadian and Quebec governments has resulted in the pledge of more than 2.4 billion dollars over the next 10 years to clean up the St Lawrence and create a marine sanctuary for the remaining belugas .
5 Erm , I , I wanted to pick up the point Mrs said , I , I do n't think this will necessarily this will be one of those allowances which people will er , claim on a regular basis .
6 The Ethiopian government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) guerrillas , responding to an Oct. 4 request from 30 international aid agencies , reportedly reached an agreement on Nov. 23 to open up the Red Sea port of Massawa to UN relief vessels .
7 The process had been crowned by the Tsar 's undertaking to set up a State Duma , a permanent forum for public participation in the affairs of government .
8 Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead .
9 After their dismissal the first and sixth defendants drafted a business plan for the purpose of raising finance to set up a Bureau de Change business in competition with the plaintiffs .
10 It was presented to the Aids organisation by Brian May , a guitarist in the group , and drummer Roger Taylor to set up the Freddie Mercury Memorial Trust .
11 At this point you have to set up the machines CMOS memory for the new drive .
12 The first was over £1 million to set up the George Pitt-Rivers Chair of Archaeological Science in memory of the distinguished anthropologist , the late Captain George Pitt-Rivers .
13 There by the window was the portable gramophone all ready to blare out the Hörst Wessel the very next morning .
14 GRAHAM NEARN , MANAGING DIRECTOR , CATERHAM CARS LTD Life in the Lotus position General Motors ' decision to kill off the Lotus Elan shocked many British car enthusiasts .
15 You might try to look up a Dr Simon Threadneedle in a township called Dead Rat . ’
16 He writes songs that bare their roots with an unsubtle pride , and in choosing to cover both a Ron Wood song and a very Clash-version influenced ‘ Pressure Drop ’ , he has outlined his mission very clearly ; namely , to be the sort of rock musician who thinks that Keith Richards is a force for change in the world and that Los Angeles poodle metal is bollocks .
17 In June residents of Sacramento , California , voted to shut down the $342,000,000 Rancho Seco nuclear plant , and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District , which had agreed to abide by the vote , immediately began to implement its closure .
18 It gives the two bodies until tomorrow to do so the deadline UEFA gave French officials to choose a replacement team .
19 A new US secretary of defense in 1949 thought Britain was " finished " , and suggested that as her empire began to disintegrate so the United States should concern itself with strengthening the useful parts .
20 Any boy who dared to venture down the Mucky Beck alone was deserving of great respect , even if he had fallen into the water and almost drowned .
21 After that , nothing happened for hours till Gloria suddenly said , ‘ Listen , ducky , I 'm going to pop up the West End .
22 She would have to give up the Pizza Eater .
23 So we decided to carry out an Adobe PostScript upgrade to a standard HP LaserJet II compatible printer at our seaside site in Poole in Dorset .
24 You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’
25 The Olympic 100 metres champion has signed a new six-figure deal to head Lucozade 's TV campaigns and has been asked to do everything from race a greyhound to switch on the Oxford Street Christmas lights .
26 Cheap air time was the key to the decision to run both the Hilary Norman campaign and a more conventional one in June for the new Jeffrey Archer .
27 ‘ My aim to continue to build up a specialist UK and International Tennis Consultancy and I want to be associated with marketing and promotion in the sport and leisure indoor development areas ’ , he says .
28 He converted from close range after Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich pulled off a desperate save to keep out a Gary Megson point-blank header from Ian Crook 's corner .
29 Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive .
30 That was a task to stretch even the Mamur Zapt 's resources ( especially with the Curbash Compensation Fund so depleted ) .
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