Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge .
2 ‘ Rohan , you must show Miss Russell the short-cut through the woods between our house and hers . ’
3 CHRIS EUBANK will today implore his manager Barry Hearn to ‘ give Nigel Benn the £1 million he wants to fight me — and let's get it on . ’
4 It may have been a stopping-place for drovers — but he could still do Dr Johnson the honour of making lemonade from fresh lemons .
5 The dietician is consulted and provides a commercially made liquid diet which will give Mr Reynolds the nutrients he needs and is high in calories and protein .
6 I 'm certain forging will have no difficulty copying it and it would give Mr Devlin the photo he wanted . ’
7 He would become Mr Yarrow the youth employment officer and bring happiness to thousands .
8 Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this .
9 That idea was immediately rejected when somebody pointed out that that would make Peter Walker the Secretary of State for Life .
10 Let us pay Lord Taylor the courtesy of assuming that he does not believe the social circle of the average judge to be a complete guide to right thinking .
11 His suggestion that America should make Saddam Hussein the target of its attack cost General Michael Dugan his job as air-force chief of staff last September .
12 I 'd make Mark Goodier the editor because he 's truly vibey , in touch with the music scene , and let's face it , he knows about things
13 And yet she knew that swallowing her pride was something that must be done , she would offer Hari Morgan the inducement of her own premises , a free hand in design and the services of experienced boot and shoemakers to work under her direction .
14 POLICE are likely to have to wait weeks before they can interview Keith Pringle the man at the centre of the Darlington siege .
15 I thought , I 'll ask Miss Louise the truth tomorrow , and I drifted off to sleep .
16 In doing so they would deny Mr Ashdown the opportunity to take his painful decision .
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