Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] peace " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a month , Valencia was virtually an island in the middle of El Cid 's forces ; by July they were ready to sue for peace , which Rodrigo granted , on condition that all Almoravid soldiers left immediately . |
| 2 | She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea . |
| 3 | Here , on 1 July , they were joined by the Young King and such was the overwhelming strength of their combined forces that both Aimar of Limoges and Élie of Périgord decided to sue for peace . |
| 4 | But Richard was in no mood to sue for peace . |
| 5 | The rebels were forced to sue for peace — and they received it , but only on condition that they too took the cross . |
| 6 | It was not until the following summer that Cadwallon surprised Osric 's forces and slew the Deiran leader , thereafter ravaging widely across Anglian territory and slaying Eanfrith when he came to sue for peace ( HE 111 , 1 ) . |
| 7 | They are prepared to sue for peace . |
| 8 | Instead , he announced that he was going to the United Nations in New York to appeal for peace , and that in accordance with the Council 's wishes he would establish the long-awaited synod of bishops . |
| 9 | Mr Escobar , in a letter to La Prensa , called for ‘ direct dialogue to search for peace ’ , with participation by government , opposition , judicial , church and journalism representatives . |
| 10 | He had been in correspondence with Ho , and now determined to make a personal visit to Hanoi to search for peace . |
| 11 | The warring groups in the Bosnian crisis are to meet for peace talks in Sarajevo next week . |
| 12 | He called on its rivals in UNITA to work for peace . |
| 13 | So we pray that you will guide the efforts of the United Nations , and of national leaders , to work for peace . |
| 14 | Amid reports of continuing subregional tensions , including incursions into Sierra Leone by Charles Taylor 's rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , the field commander of the 10,000-strong Economic Community of West African States Ceasefire Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) appealed to Taylor on May 6 to work for peace . |
| 15 | Although the PAC and Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) refused to sign the accord they gave separate undertakings to work for peace . |
| 16 | I left him as usual to work in peace all day , certain that his reproachful silence which accompanied our mealtimes would lift at night . |
| 17 | Dressed only in her thin nightgown , she had no intention of entering the room , just of poking her head into the doorway to yell for peace and quiet . |
| 18 | It took the military stalemate of 1915 to persuade the UDC that the time was ripe to talk about peace without victory . |
| 19 | The man beside Silver replied , ‘ Cap'n Silver , sir , to talk about peace . ’ |
| 20 | Charles withdrew to the west bank at St-Cloud ; Lothar stayed at St-Denis and sent envoys to talk of peace while still trying to reconstruct an alliance with Neustrians , Bretons and Pippin of Aquitaine . |
| 21 | Indeed , while the parties are anxious to continue with the fighting such steps are unlikely to lead to peace . |
| 22 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
| 23 | The Irish Prime Minister , Mr Albert Reynolds , said that Unionists had ‘ crossed the line to vote for peace ’ by backing Dr Hendron . |
| 24 | Any takers for a satellite to spy for peace ? |
| 25 | Without his aid , Edward was bound to negotiate for peace with Scotland ; but the best he could do was to conclude a thirteen-year truce in 1323 . |
| 26 | She had nothing to do with peace , neither in life , nor in her anticipated death . |
| 27 | ‘ I hope now that her family will be allowed to grieve in peace . ’ |
| 28 | Nobody had any problems in finding a space of their own to search in peace . |
| 29 | Surely all political parties would do well to agree that there is to be no political vacuum in Northern Ireland and that we are determined to fight for peace as the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | If you want to starve in peace . |