Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] [adv] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been properly directed there would have been a good contract and A would have been liable in damages to B for not delivering the horse . |
| 2 | A small black mark to Pickwick for not adding the names of the composers to the list of contents printed on the reverse side of the CD box . |
| 3 | The DIY store B and Q has been taken to court for allegedly breaking the law by trading on a Sunday . |
| 4 | In my judgment even if it could be said that Mr Clayton attorned tenant to Twogates by tacitly accepting the terms of that letter , such an attornment would not be evidence of an unequivocal intention on the part of the landlords to re-enter under the provisions of the … lease … |
| 5 | Lester Piggott , his brilliant successor from the 1960s to the 1980s , was driven by such a desperate , obsessive need for wealth and security that he was sent to prison for persistently defrauding the Inland Revenue of its share of his millions . |
| 6 | His partner has gone to prison for knowingly selling the US Air Force defective parts which have caused the death of 21 fliers . |
| 7 | Commenting upon the teaching of reading the report takes teachers to task for effectively teaching the mechanics of reading but failing in the process to help children recognise that reading was ‘ something that people did for pleasure , . |
| 8 | E. HEBDITCH ( HAS February 26 ) takes Harry Mead to task for not knowing the colour of the Glaisdale hunt master 's coat . |
| 9 | In particular , it takes the HSE to task for not taking the problem of sick building syndrome seriously . |