Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wingti vowed , if elected , to initiate a thorough investigation of all charges and to prosecute and imprison all senior officials found to have engaged in corrupt practices . |
| 2 | In schools where there was no committee , librarians seemed to have reverted to traditional allegiances ( e.g. with the English department ) and were " going it alone " as before , though undoubtedly in a rather more fertile and responsive climate , and in some cases with a slightly enhanced allocation of free periods . |
| 3 | This stage of the palaver seemed to have ended with four soldiers dead , the capital under curfew and the general back in his palace . |
| 4 | It he is right , then stage transgressions seemed to have spoken to immediate temptations in diverse ways . |
| 5 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 6 | This was calculated by the local authority in accordance with the revenue it needed to raise to pay for local services . |
| 7 | Magistrates agreed to delay sentencing for three months so he could take the holiday . |
| 8 | I managed to stop drinking for four months : I kept a bottle in the house but I never touched it . |
| 9 | Detectives said the fire appeared to have started in several places at once . |
| 10 | Last-minute amendments curbing some of the President 's powers of veto over legislation and of authority to impose states of emergency as set out in the draft law appeared to have won round many opponents . |
| 11 | He had to keep looking for new places he had n't fouled up . |
| 12 | The Mineralogy and Petrology Group continued to contribute to research into natural analogues for radioactive-waste disposal on behalf of the Department of the Environment at two sites in Scotland , Broubster in Caithness and Needle 's Eye on the Solway Coast , demonstrating the significance of plants and microorganisms in concentrating metals by biosorption processes and in encouraging secondary mineralisation . |
| 13 | Thus , with the earldom of Essex passing to the descendants of Geoffrey 's first marriage , John had to make do with such manors as Aylesbury and Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire , Exning in Suffolk , and Cherhill and Winterslow in Wiltshire , the last the only part of the honour of Berkhamsted that he obtained . |
| 14 | Before the days of scientific toiletries , your great grandmother had to make do with simple cosmetics she made herself using herbs and foods from her kitchen cupboard . |
| 15 | Fuel was difficult to come by after we left the forest , and when we reached the plains that stretched to the Webi Shebeli we had to make do with dry cattle dung . |
| 16 | Some communities provided a communal hot kosher meal at noon for Jewish children , who had to make do with cold vegetables and bread for breakfast and dinner . |
| 17 | Finally the Willeys went for a celebration Sunday lunch … and had to make do with cold cuts because there had been a fire in the pub kitchen . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I ran away across the track because I wanted to avoid getting into any problems . |
| 19 | The magistrates said they wanted to jail Dines for 3 months but first they had to call for reports . |
| 20 | People who wanted to get rid of old cars sometimes dumped them on the moor , the kind of behaviour that maddened Stephen . |