Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [subord] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to replace the Wessex helicopter used for search and rescue work with Sea King or other 24-hour capability helicopters . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to conclude a sale of the Princess of Wales RAF hospital , Ely . |
| 3 | I go for Dirkin before he decides to use that knife . |
| 4 | Manager Kevin Keegan underlined Newcastle 's ambition last night when he revealed they would bid for Gazza if he decided to leave Lazio . |
| 5 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 6 | Parke B. , at p. 630 , concluded that the payment ‘ was not voluntary , because , in effect , the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk , that if he did not pay for certificates when he wanted to make extracts , he should not be permitted to search . ’ |
| 7 | A man must divorce his wife if he can not get on with her ; she has a right to petition for divorce if he refuses to have sex with her . |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he plans to meet a delegation of members of the campaign for Clydeside against pollution . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends to meet the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss the future government of Scotland . |
| 10 | The answer to that was made plain to him with a stab of dread when he ventured to peer out of his embrasure , for the tall figure was already at the top of the staircase and advancing silently and at leisure along the stone corridor . |
| 11 | Since Philip realizes that it will be impossible to do away with the artifice of narration if he wants to present the results of his search , he decides instead to make the artifice obvious . |
| 12 | Nicholas Hall describes how , for the 1930 purchases from the Hermitage , Knoedler arranged that Andrew Mellon , who provided the financial backing , would pay Knoedler 's a commission of 25% if he decided to buy the works and conversely , if Mellon did not wish to buy a particular work , Knoedler 's would sell it for a 25% profit to be paid to Mellon . |
| 13 | He struggles , turning round as he sinks deeper , chunks and edges of ice rearing into the air and making little puffs and fountains of snow as he tries to find purchase and push himself out . |
| 14 | CREAM cake king Chris Liveras has stirred up a lot of controversey since he decided to build a cake factory the Preston Farm site once earmarked for development by the Ministry of Defence . |
| 15 | My husband has plenty of influence when he cares to use it , ’ she concluded with naive pride . |
| 16 | Mr Kinnock ran into a wall of derision when he declined to say whether or not he favoured proportional representation . |
| 17 | He had been made to work ridiculously hard , and had suffered a constant stream of abuse when he failed to come up to scratch . |
| 18 | A PLUMBER tapped into a hoard of cash when he went to repair a leak . |
| 19 | In the opening stanza of Robert Frost 's 'stopping by woods ' a traveller begins a series of reflections as he stops to enjoy the sight of the snow falling upon the nearby woods . |
| 20 | The Spirit marks out Stephen as a special vehicle of God when he refuses to remain restricted to the static categories of the temple and moves into broader pastures ( 6:3,5,10 , 7:55 ) . |
| 21 | We are not in the business of giving handouts to the Duke of Westminster because he happens to move out of the present matrimonial home and into a single person 's flat . |
| 22 | Scott nodded , watching as Hitch scuttled across the road and disappeared out of sight as he began to descend the embankment steps towards the pier . |
| 23 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 24 | The entire cast held their breath , as if watching a tightrope-walker stumble , and all let out a sigh of relief when he managed to right himself and make it through to the end of the speech . |
| 25 | A fat , bombastic , pig-eyed , treacherous son of a turd who destroyed the best of men because he wanted to get between Anne Boleyn 's legs and , when he did , could n't do much about it . |
| 26 | Whatever John 's mother may have thought about his likely lack of application when he wanted to study music , once he decided to learn ballet he took it seriously and must have worked hard to make up for a late start . |
| 27 | All the same I felt a twinge of unease as he came to greet me in the bar of the Atlantic Hotel in Hamburg , an admiral now and much older , hobbling a little and holding a stick . |
| 28 | The Cohen Committee admitted that these complaints were not altogether unfounded but all that has resulted is section 192 of the Act which invalidates provisions in trust deeds ( or elsewhere ) which purport to exempt a trustee from , or to indemnify him against , ‘ liability for breach of trust where he fails to show the degree of care and diligence required of him as a trustee having regard to the provisions of the trust deed conferring on him any powers , authorities or discretions . ’ |
| 29 | He was getting nowhere making an appeal to their sense of order so he had to do something . |
| 30 | Looking back , he saw that the gang were pounding his fallen friend with lumps of concrete so he decided to help by jumping into his car and driving at full speed towards them . |