Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daphne had indeed introduced her to Guy , only a few weeks before , when Daphne had persuaded her to make up a party to see La Boheme at Covent Garden . |
| 2 | At one end fast-medium bowler Hill-Wood vigorously shone the ball on his trousers , only to see Ian Peebles at the other end undo his work by rubbing the shine away in the dust . |
| 3 | The Trustees include widely experienced people and it is good to see Jim Hunter of Skye — crofting expert , historian and author of the definitive book The Making of the Crofting Community — heading the management committee for Torrin , which also includes the energetic national director , Terry Isles of Dundee . |
| 4 | She took one last glance at the window above to see Maria Luisa with her palms flat against the window-pane , desperately , mutely pleading with Ruth for help with eyes so full of pain that Ruth 's nerves nearly snapped . |
| 5 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 6 | WARWICKSHIRE have been told to nurse Allan Donald against burnout or risk him quitting county cricket . |
| 7 | Shortly before his death , my father went to see General Nocenzi in hospital . |
| 8 | Have got today ( Monday 17th ) off ( yippee ! ) but have n't done much — slightly hungover from last night , I went to see Tex Mex with Ruth & Euan & some of their friends , the food was great , & so today had a long lie in then went to a few shops … which were n't open because it 's an Edinburgh holiday … |
| 9 | It was the first show to confirm Kenneth Williams as a star . |
| 10 | " Jane , " he 'll ask as he signs an expense claim , Why did you invest in this trip to see Pierre Broger in Paris ? " |
| 11 | On Nov. 14 the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet voted overwhelmingly to confirm Vitold Fokin as Chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers . |
| 12 | They asked me if this was the way down , which given my navigational skills thus far was a bit like asking a page three girl to compare Bertold Brecht with Harold Pinter . |
| 13 | Cliftonville are unlikely to risk Jim McFadden with the Irish Cup semi-final looming . |
| 14 | you know I 'm gon na take the kids to see Snow White at the weekend |
| 15 | He was surprised to see Miss Thorne behind them . |
| 16 | Big Jack has an alternative — to include Ronnie Whelan in a five man midfield with Quinn the lone striker and Houghton and Staunton pushing up in support . |
| 17 | IT WAS impossible to miss Neil Kinnock on TV on Saturday . |
| 18 | On a slightly happier note , the Bass Centre would like to thank Johnny Roadhouse in Manchester for helping to retrieve one of the Status Empathy basses whipped from our Northern Music Show . |
| 19 | Our annual visit to the New Theatre , Hull , to see Ronnie Hilton in Goldilocks and the Three Bears somehow did n't breed the same addiction . |
| 20 | Presently , without taking any conscious decision about it , she climbed down the dune and began to search Starr Hills for Jake and Adam . |
| 21 | All of a sudden it becomes frighteningly clear why over 40 per cent of the New Hampshire electorate were keen to see Pat Buchanan in the White House . |
| 22 | He hurried to her aid and between them they managed to half-carry Miss Merchiston from the room . |
| 23 | It is easier to carve Neil Kinnock into chunks : the party boss , the family man , the orator , the man who is fit to govern , the would-be Prime Minister . |
| 24 | The financial figure turned his head slightly to include Miss Drax in the conversation . |
| 25 | The WBC carried out their threat to strip Riddick Bowe of their version of the world title after the American dramatically dumped his WBC belt in a dustbin at a London press conference yesterday . |
| 26 | The complaint , filed on 19 December , stated that the government had had a duty to inform Pan Am of information in its possession that a terrorist organization was planning to place a bomb on a Pan Am flight from either Frankfurt or London , specifically on Flight 103 on 21 December 1988 , and had ‘ negligently failed to inform Pan Am ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Keeper Paddy Hefferman got his fingertips to the best effort and was glad to find Ian Jones on the line to hoof the ball away . |
| 28 | This maintained a trend of conciliation begun the previous year when Iran 's Majles Speaker Rafsanjani was invited to meet King Fahd during his visit to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage and Crown Prince Abdallah called for an end to the war and the submission of the two sides to ‘ just and honest mediation ’ . |
| 29 | He is not the first to suffer Kenneth Orme of Walton was fined £700 for failing to show a 50p ‘ pay and display ’ ticket . |
| 30 | Sir Patrick Mayhew , the UK Attorney General , announced in a written parliamentary reply on Feb. 19 , 1990 , that in view of the decision by the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions in October 1989 that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute Patrick Ryan in Dublin , the case would be regarded as concluded . |