Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick to use the incident as a catalyst to step up its offensive , it murdered prison officer Jim Peacock at his north Belfast home on Wednesday and attacked homes of other warders in Belfast , Newtownabbey and Antrim . |
| 2 | He became like a male ballet dancer — a support to lift up his glamorous partner and help her turn beautiful pirouettes . |
| 3 | Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time . |
| 4 | MICK Jagger and Jerry Hall have spent a secret weekend together in a bid to thrash out their marriage troubles . |
| 5 | Slaven has trained on Redcar beach in a bid to speed up his recovery . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Coventry have brought in hot-air blowers in a bid to thaw out their frozen Highfield Road pitch in time for the Boxing Day Midlands derby match . |
| 7 | The magazine carried an article which announced that due to the high cost of electricity , there was a large growth in membership of specialist goldfish societies , as fishkeepers deserted their tropical tanks , in a bid to cut down their electricity bills . |
| 8 | The brave eight-year-old will mix with her classmates again at Basildon , Essex , in a bid to get over her ordeal . |
| 9 | A RETIRED tax man turned to crime in a bid to pay off his debts . |
| 10 | The mother has written to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to win back her child . |
| 11 | With an eye on the election in 1995 , this latest action bears all the hallmarks of a bid to shore up his position with support from the land-hungry peasants in the countryside . |
| 12 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is reportedly finalising a plan to offer up its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and port test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 13 | For a girl to take up her pen at all , then , is an act of great self-assertion . |
| 14 | Relations between them had deteriorated sharply in previous days , with the ANC alleging a plot to wipe out its leadership , and Buthelezi stating that he had been warned of an ANC plot to kidnap and kill his two children . |
| 15 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 16 | SOCCER bad boy Ian Jolosa , who was ordered by a judge to clean up his act by watching Gary Lineker videos , has been banned from the game for three years . |
| 17 | Climbing is second nature to all small felines and it is virtually impossible for a cat to switch off its urge to climb , even if it is punished for doing so . |
| 18 | She was , I am sure , less motivated by dreams of Elysian fields than a longing to shuffle off her mortal coil and be freed both from the arthritis and the meaninglessness of what her life had become . |
| 19 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales have made a pact to cover up their differences in public because of complaints about their recent behaviour . |
| 20 | Reaching her room , she wanted with all her heart to leave Parkwood , and even made a move to get out her overnight bag . |
| 21 | I have already made my views clear : officials have written to every education authority about which we have received evidence of a failure to carry out its statutory duties — and we will continue to pursue the matter vigorously . |
| 22 | It is a place to be warm , a place to be dry , a place to hang up my jacket and to pull faces at the storm outside . |
| 23 | We may realise that a Muslim needs a place to roll out his prayer mat five times a day . |
| 24 | The members of the ABI therefore expect that issues involving more than 10 per cent of issued equity share capital , or a discount greater than 5 per cent , will be placed on a basis which leaves existing shareholders with a right to claw back their pro rata share of the issue if they so wish . |
| 25 | Although he is king of Uruk , possessor of perfect beauty , laden with gifts by the gods and two-thirds divine , he still feels a need to set up his name ‘ in the place where the names of famous men are written … |
| 26 | Alongside this , there is a need to break down our bureaucracy , thereby reducing the power of the state and the stranglehold it exerts on the nation 's political activities . |
| 27 | ‘ To Lucinda ’ , because of its date , is an important indication that she saw a need to tone down her protests as she approached a polite readership . |
| 28 | Mr Waddington is understood to have accepted the board 's proposals and is about to announce a package to speed up its work for implementation early next year . |
| 29 | It only took a moment to make up his mind . |
| 30 | ‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ? |