Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in March the US administration agreed to grant Venezuela a bridging loan of $450,000,000 to support economic reforms and assist debt repayments . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | I arrived on the scene to find Heather a bright shade of red , apologising profusely to a small croftsman , cowering behind his dislodged door ! |
| 4 | BRIAN CLOSE was last night challenged to find Yorkshire a proven world class fast bowler . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The gang of six I took to see Hook the other day all loved it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One night , as Tempy was helping her undress , she determined to tackle Stephen the next day . |
| 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 | Russell used to buy Ellen a big bunch of flowers every month . |
| 12 | erm used to help Colette a little bit . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The high travel costs added onto everyday expenses were causing John distress and so LAB were pleased to award John an annual grant to help him keep in touch with his brother and retain his independence . |
| 15 | Hitler 's threats against the Jews , whose hand he of course saw behind the British and American ‘ war-mongerers ’ , were an attempt to retaliate at what he regarded as Jewish-provoked anti-German public opinion and , by depicting Jews in the position of hostages as the certain victims in any new war , to exert pressure on Britain and the USA to leave Germany a free hand in Europe . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For example , after the second election of 1701 , the freeholders of Sussex sent instructions to their two newly elected Whig MPs urging them to vote William a sufficient supply so that he could renew the war against the French , arguing that " the power of France " had grown " so formidable " that it posed a threat not just to " our trade and commerce abroad in the world " , but also to " our religion , laws , liberties , properties " . |
| 18 | The old lady took all her money out of the bank and made plans to leave Sheffield the next day . |
| 19 | Glenavon were mean at the back , bar one early slip which let in Johnny Magee , to give Bangor a ninth minute lead . |
| 20 | Glenavon were mean at the back , bar one early slip which let in Johnny Magee , to give Bangor a ninth minute lead . |
| 21 | She is now intent on doubling the membership to give Somerville an annual income of £1500 and four prizes of £300 ( and some lesser amounts ) to fortunate Somervillian members — with a subscription of only £15 p.a. you can , like them and Tom Lehrer , be ‘ doing well by doing good ’ . |
| 22 | MORRYS SCOTT , the 18-year-old whose two late goals stopped Gloucester 's talented side in their tracks on Saturday , last night scored the only goal of the replay to give Cardiff a third-round tie at home to Queen 's Park Rangers . |
| 23 | Asif Mujtaba hit a six off the final ball to give Pakistan a dramatic tie against Australia in the World Series in Hobart . |
| 24 | He tried to give Sacco a cheerful look . |
| 25 | Whilst Texas Instruments Inc gears up to launch its long overdue and much-detailed superscalar Viking , or SuperSparc RISC part this Thursday May 7th , Cypress , San Jose , California , in conjunction with Rosss Technology Inc , its Austin , Texas-based subsidiary , is determined not to give Texas an easy ride . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid Brian Deane was a bit of a liability , he really did nothing all game in the opposition box , apart from straying offside to deny Wetherall a good goal . |
| 27 | So Rabbit 's immediate desire is to give Pooh a true belief about what he , Rabbit , believes . |
| 28 | Quakers broke out of defence , Cork laying the ball off to give Gaughan a clear run on goal . |
| 29 | The directors are set to give McHale a big rise in his budget for players in a bid to win promotion next season . |
| 30 | Both sides finished with three winning rinks , but Dorothy Barr 's 31-8 win over Mavis Steele , Joyce Lindores 's 33-17 victory over Mary Price and Nancy Davidson 's 21-14 success over Evelyn Schooling proved good enough to give Scotland an overall victory . |