Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hear you tried to swim the Severn last night ’ he chortled . |
| 2 | They will not reveal any plans to demolish the house next door and erect a block of flats in its place . |
| 3 | The owner of ‘ The Hollybush ’ at Elstree proposed to infill an original coach arch in the pub 's facade and to demolish the timber framed side walls of the passageway behind in order to form a larger and open interior , even though it was this feature that distinguished the building as an historic inn . |
| 4 | It is n't fair , and it ought to go The legislation governing taxation of capital gains is full of anomalies and should be repealed |
| 5 | I 'm wondering whether to go the A one way , or Longhurst way . |
| 6 | The Presidential Council initially appeared designed to supplant the CPSU central committee politburo as the main centre of political decision making in the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | South Hampstead High School in north London has some 200 Jews among its 510 pupils , but a steady inflow of Muslim and Hindu girls has prompted the headteacher , Mrs Averil Burgess , to cancel the Friday Jewish assembly from January . |
| 8 | Michael , 28 , of Wyville Grove , Hunton , won the judges over including the head chef of London 's Savoy Hotel to claim the £500 first prize along with a commemorative medal and certificate . |
| 9 | Those who attend will be able to claim the postgraduate educational allowance , and the FHSA hopes that the turn out will be good . |
| 10 | Brussels : NATO secretary-general Manfred Woerner said yesterday the alliance had agreed to use warplanes to enforce the UN no-fly zone over Bosnia . |
| 11 | This raises the possibility of an employee with a shareholding being allowed to enforce the section 309 duty derivatively . |
| 12 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 13 | President Clinton 's plan to promote the US National Institute of Standards & Technology-developed Clipper Chip as a way to protect cellular telephone conversations from eavesdropping ( CI No 2,151 ) is causing concern among some users , who are worried about who will keep the key . |
| 14 | Two of the trio who walked and cycled to promote the Trans Pennine Way |
| 15 | THE Rugby League have mounted their biggest ever advertising campaign in London to promote the Stones Bitter World Cup final showdown between the Lions and the Kangaroos . |
| 16 | But he 's got to strip the bonnet so Dave said well I 'll get my lad to strip the bonnet this afternoon and er you know , few hundred quid for the day we 'll be glad to be able to finish off doing them and He 's got too many |
| 17 | An armoured Marine began to hustle the unclad fettered alien away — no doubt to the diamantine dungeons deep beneath the Apothacarion , domain of the surgeon interrogators . |
| 18 | It is more accurate to see the East Anglian affinity as a court connection rather than a narrowly Woodville one . |
| 19 | It is more accurate to see the East Anglian affinity as a court connection rather than a narrowly Woodville one . |
| 20 | Alarmed , Marjorie made an appointment to see the vet that evening . |
| 21 | He shrugged it off , not convinced that his concern was necessary because she was unlikely to see the man that evening and in the morning there could be an arrest . |
| 22 | In mid-August a dozen members paid an evening visit to the Bridgnorth area , not this time to see the Severn Valley Railway , but to see the Oldbury Live Steam Museum , a complete garden given over to a variety of exhibits , mainly around a railway theme , but also with models of vintage buses , ships and aeroplanes . |
| 23 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 24 | I was hoping to see the Seychelles black parrot , which has never been recorded from any island other than Praslin . |
| 25 | If you 're a good boy I 'll take you to see the badgers one day . |
| 26 | Mrs Cameron said yesterday that she would have liked to see the university medical school represented on the board . |
| 27 | We went , we nearly rang you last night , we went to see the Batchelors last night |
| 28 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll be going in to see the manager first thing Monday to sort out my future . |
| 30 | NONE of the 27,310 who paid to see the Tennents Scottish Cup semi-final between Airdrie and Hearts at Hampden Park will wish to see a repeat of such numbing mediocrity in the replay tomorrow week . |