Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] control [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 2 | David Colville only allowed control of the company he had created to pass to his sons in 1895 ; three years later he died in Glasgow , 29 October 1898 , leaving an estate of £225,839 . |
| 3 | It terrified her , that she could so lose control in the arms of this man who was everything she despised , who despised her , who wanted her for what he thought she was . |
| 4 | Iraq pushes its forces into Kuwait and swiftly gains control of the country , claiming to have been invited in by Kuwaiti revolutionaries . |
| 5 | He thus assumed control of the works begun in July 1277 , probably under the ageing Master Bertram ingeniator ( d . |
| 6 | Abkhazian troops went on to take the villages of Gantiadi and Leselidze on Oct. 6 , thus establishing control over the whole of northern Abkhazia , from the capital Sukhumi to the border with Russia . |
| 7 | It was reported on March 10 that fresh charges had been filed against Enrile which accused him of attempting corruptly to seize control of the country 's coconut industry . |
| 8 | In the winter of 1805–6 the Serbs went on the offensive and soon gained control of the whole of the pashalik , including the city of Belgrade . |
| 9 | The Venetians had already gained control of the Montenegrin coast and were developing the trade between the Adriatic ports and their Ottoman-held hinterland which was to bring them so much wealth during the ensuing centuries . |
| 10 | In local elections on July 26 the Socialist Party of Albania — SPA ( until June 1991 the communist Party of Labour of Albania — PLA ) recovered some ground it had lost in the March legislative elections , but the Democratic Party ( DP ) nevertheless retained control of the cities of Tirana , Elbasan , Korce , Shkoder and Dürres . |
| 11 | The white , male mechanics thus had control over the women , since the female machinists were dependent upon the men to maintain and mend their machines . |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't know whether the driver just lost control of the car . |
| 13 | The librarian normally retains control of the ordering process , and sometimes has complete control over the bookfund . |
| 14 | The new measures gave all shares equal rights , thus transferring control of the banks to the government . |
| 15 | John Wilkinson , a passenger in a car travelling in the opposite direction , said he saw Mr Still lose control of the vehicle and swerve before mounting the verge and hitting the tree . |
| 16 | However , he always retained control over the issues that he regarded as most important ( which is not to say that they were necessarily the most important in an objective sense ) . |
| 17 | There were fears that the army and military police would now move quickly to impose control on the Miguel Castro Castro prison in Lima , where an estimated 900 Sendero inmates had created no-go areas to emphasize their political status . |
| 18 | However , they did not always have control over the money or make the key decisions over how it was spent and distributed . |
| 19 | Rough Trade , once the darlings of the music press , had been cast aside as hopeless idealists when the major companies once more gained control of the market . |
| 20 | Goyigama Buddhists normally organized thefts in both areas , but Muslim or Sinhalese Roman Catholic traders usually took control of the animals for the last stages before the slaughterhouse . |
| 21 | In Bosnia , the Yugoslav army yesterday seized control of the town of Visegrad and began enforcing military rule after stamping out pockets of resistance by Muslims , Belgrade radio said . |
| 22 | The professional transplants his or her skills to the parents but still retains control of the decision-making process . |
| 23 | And where the members genuinely have control over the board it is legitimate to regard them as partly responsible for any losses that might result , and hence to view it as inappropriate for the court to come to their aid . |
| 24 | It also involves control of the senses , including sexual control , which Gandhi regards as another requirement of the true satyāgrahi . |
| 25 | Trollope nearly loses control on the subject of The Plumber , a man ‘ doubtless aware that he is odious … to be put down with the tax-gatherer as being as certain as fate and as inexorable . ’ |
| 26 | A few days later while driving him home , she asked him why he 'd hit her and , she alleged , ‘ He went crazy again , punching me so I nearly lost control of the car . ’ |
| 27 | Israel also took control of the water sources of the West Bank and integrated them into its national water system . |
| 28 | In 1900 Robinson was appointed locomotive and marine superintendent of the Great Central and two years later also took control of the carriage and wagon department , with the title of chief mechanical engineer . |
| 29 | I wanted to use the crayons in an exploratory way but also keep control of the drawing as it was part of a set . |
| 30 | They also had control of the hospitals that had been provided under other statutes to treat the mentally ill , those with infectious diseases , tuberculosis and the mentally handicapped . |