Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |
| 2 | Feminists will want to thank Lonsdale for restoring Mrs Browning 's poetic ancestors , but not feminists alone . |
| 3 | Sussex members take this opportunity to thank Pat for starting the East Grinstead Rally and assure her of their intention to carry on her good work . |
| 4 | She did not trust Ellen , knew she must show some cunning and somehow invoke the name of law to frighten Ellen into co-operating . |
| 5 | Nudity was now presented on stage and one producer tried to coax Jane into leaving Tiller for this work . |
| 6 | In October 1317 the earl seized the royal castles of Knaresborough and Alton , Staffordshire , then in Damory 's custody , and he was later to accuse Damory of plotting against his life . |
| 7 | Rain suspected this was rather flimsy evidence on which to accuse Oliver of trafficking in drugs . |
| 8 | Jeff received a further 2.5-year sentence last week for trying to strangle Kathy after hearing a false rumour that she was pregnant by a former client . |
| 9 | In the play , which was to tour Britain before running in London 's West End , Crawford was cast as Runnicles , a bank clerk given the task of disposing of piles of pornography that is delivered to the manager and his wife . |
| 10 | Firemen lowered a paramedic down the quarry to treat Anthony before winching him to safety . |
| 11 | The IAAF has threatened to counter-sue Reynolds after dismissing as ‘ worthless ’ an American court judgment awarding him £18 million damages because he was banned for alleged drug-taking . |
| 12 | The Aga Khan , one of the sport 's leading owner-breeders , seems to have accepted that his three-and-a-half year challenge to the decision to disqualify Aliysa for failing a dope test after winning the 1989 Oaks has run its course . |
| 13 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 14 | Dexter was gasping for a drink but decided thirst was the better part of subordination : he did not want to annoy Blanche by prolonging the interruption . |
| 15 | The relationship risked serious derailment over German unification , when Bonn failed to consult Paris before announcing its ten-point plan for unification only days after the dinner party summit at the Elysée Palace at which German unification had not been mentioned . |
| 16 | From the outset , as in 1854 , it may well have been that Napoleon hoped to coerce Austria into negotiating a settlement by underlining her isolation in Europe , and thus avoiding an armed conflict . |
| 17 | They will then take a ferry to France to visit Paris before flying to Honolulu via San Francisco . |
| 18 | After sketching the steamboat , as she lay in the bay unlading her cargo , from the bridge over the water that divides Pultneytown from the old town of Wick , I got into one of the boats leaving the pier , and was landed on board the ‘ St. Nicholas , ’ thinking it would be more pleasant to visit Thurso by sailing round the coast than to go by rail . |
| 19 | They drank coffee happily , Conrad and Larry had a brandy , Philippa flirted with John to tease Larry before leaving , then they ordered their taxis and suddenly they were all , even Conrad , devastatingly , magically , irreversibly , gone . |
| 20 | In 1881 and 1884 he renewed the Dreikaiserbund and the Russians were assured of German and Austro-Hungarian help if they needed to coerce Turkey into keeping the Straits open in wartime . |
| 21 | Now , even while the treaties were being negotiated , Henry was seizing Scottish shipping , demanding the queen 's person , trying to bully Arran into handing over the Scottish castles south of the Forth into English hands , considering setting up Arran as a client king . |
| 22 | He went out to Romania at the end of last year to see Bogdan after hearing about his plight from Mr Jones . |
| 23 | Some 5,000 Conservatives packed into the stadium to thank Mulroney for keeping their party in power for almost nine years . |
| 24 | For example in Alcine , Act 3 , scenes 4–5 , as Melanie pines for Astolphe , who has fallen victim to Alcine 's desires ( E minor ) , Alcine 's spurned lover Athlant attempts to console Melanie by proposing vengeance ( E major ) ; as the scene continues E minor becomes ‘ Athlant 's key ’ as he declares he loves Melanie and suggests that her ‘ fickle lover ’ can be punished if she will love him in return . |
| 25 | Fujitsu and Hitachi have made no effort to leapfrog IBM by introducing entirely new machines , for this would defeat the plug-compatible strategy : to let IBM create the demand and then meet it at lower prices . |
| 26 | Had Brien fitzCount 's aim been to appease Matilda by killing Guy while he was apparently escaping , sooner than allow the Empress to murder her guest out of hand ? |
| 27 | It was his intention to aid Larsen in evacuating the kids from the upper levels , before they became trapped there by the fire . |
| 28 | This is the first of a series of questions designed to trap Jesus into saying something that could lead to his arrest . |
| 29 | The monks are always to offer prayers to almighty God , and daily to beseech God by singing psalms and celebrating masses for his sins , so that after his death through God 's mercy and their holy intercession he will come to the heavenly kingdom . |
| 30 | Though some of the President 's advisers wished to use the crisis to drive Britain out of the nuclear deterrent business altogether , Kennedy had no intention of doing so , and insisted on a formula being found that would enable Britain to buy Polaris without jeopardizing the US policy of working towards a NATO Multilateral or Multinational nuclear force . |