Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such administrators will be given titles to match up to their responsibilities : " chief executive " is not unknown . |
| 2 | Ratso gets Buck an introduction to a man ( John McGiver ) who is supposed to put him in touch with some rich ladies , but he begs Buck to get down on his knees and pray with him under a kitschy lit-up Jesus on the bathroom door of his hotel room . |
| 3 | One advantage of the fly and inner going up together is that the inner is kept at a set distance from the fly , preventing the two from touching and allowing moisture to leak through to the inside . |
| 4 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |
| 5 | At a meeting soon afterwards , and having laid out its draft proposal for Newton , it had been given permission to go ahead with detailed planning although it did not offer the same safety provisions . |
| 6 | But they were being given permission to borrow up to £628 million provided £75 million were raised by way of ERDF grants . |
| 7 | To avoid the prospect of local authorities , whose rate fund becomes overdrawn within a year , from ‘ going bankrupt ’ , the Act provides that authorities concerned may be given permission to borrow temporarily on revenue account , but only on such terms as the Secretary of State may impose . |
| 8 | Nesbitt had met the Sultan on the outskirts of Aussa and been given permission to continue northwards across the lava desert to Eritrea , but was forbidden to enter Aussa , which remained unexplored . |
| 9 | ‘ Kenny had been given permission to fly up to Stockport later than the rest of the lads because one of his children was ill . |
| 10 | Zahira was eventually given permission to stay on in Britain . |
| 11 | She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change . |
| 12 | This technique of interpreting a duty as coupled with a discretion , although strictly illogical ( how can a duty be discretionary ? ) , is a useful device to enable courts to keep out of contentious areas . |
| 13 | To enable researchers to report back on the results of recently completed research in the Scottish courts to an invited audience comprising the various branches of the legal profession , policy makers concerned with the administration of justice , pressure group and voluntary organisations and to stimulate an informed discussion of key findings . |
| 14 | ENGLISH China Clays today announced plans to pull out of construction materials as it unveiled a £202.3m US acquisition . |
| 15 | ENGLISH China Clays today announced plans to pull out of construction materials as it unveiled a £202.3m US acquisition . |
| 16 | In as tactful a way as she could contrive she asked Shildon to hurry up with what he wanted to say . |
| 17 | Aunt Margaret began energetically to applaud , nudging Melanie to join in with her . |
| 18 | Now , we got permission to go ahead with a , a ballot for industrial action , which took place and although it was a majority for industrial action , it was n't the required two thirds majority . |
| 19 | David Gear hit the ball over the defence and Spence immediately changed direction and chased ; for some unknown reason , no flag appeared , allowing Spence to slot home past the helpless Warner to the annoyance of the home players . |
| 20 | Hatchards in Piccadilly was crammed to bursting with authors last Wednesday for its Authors of the Year reception , the annual event the bookshop stages to enable authors to get together with each other , and not a publisher in sight . |
| 21 | Oldfield himself asked Branson to carry on as his manager , which Branson agreed to do for a new rate — Oldfield would pay him one barrel of beer a year . |
| 22 | Various proposals have been made aimed at creating a legal framework to enable Afghanistan to revert essentially to its pre-1978 international status . |
| 23 | Early in his time as prime minister he asked Ramsey to come down from York so that they could meet . |
| 24 | a way of allowing readers to focus just on the appearance of logical objects , but authors to be aware of them as structural entities . |
| 25 | Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception . |
| 26 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 27 | The highest single figure is that of Ectona Fibres , of Workington , which has permission to discharge up to 682 kg of metals per day . |
| 28 | The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has plans to move up to 26 of the rhinos to two new reserves in Indonesia , and to the USA , where a captive breeding programme will be undertaken . |
| 29 | ‘ You , my dear Shiona , are the one who has plans to play around with her future . |
| 30 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |