Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing waiting in the yard , while another pony was being saddled , Gabriel asked to see the monastery chapel . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the boundaries of the application site should be amended to include the school site , station car park extension and sheltered housing site . |
| 3 | The Henley Extended Learning Programme was originally developed to support the distance learning MBA students worldwide , as a computer communications and conferencing system . |
| 4 | I used Acrylix brushes to paint the landscape study shown here . |
| 5 | She was closely followed by a club instructor who had intended to sound the crash alarm using the button in the control room . |
| 6 | The IMF agreement was intended to support the restructuring process which was being pursued with the application of the austerity measures , a wage freeze and currency reform announced in December 1989 [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 7 | Despite gaining a second corner during the half , Milton failed to penetrate the home defence and at half time neither side had scored . |
| 8 | Thus workers and managers will want to agree the wage rate for the coming year . |
| 9 | Much work has been done and formulae developed to enable the dilution effect of chimney height to be calculated . |
| 10 | And , Tim , you and I ought to have a we 're not actually going to have a formal session on self-study , but we have another we have a rather loosely structured session when we can bring up any other matters for erm basically that they 'll want to plan the video session rather carefully as well basically I think we want to follow in on yesterday 's meeting — we want to find out why we 're not selling more videos basically and use the whole of that session if necessary for exploring with the area managers why we 're not doing twice or three times as well as we are . |
| 11 | Preferring to pound the rugby pitch rather than passively wait for Valentine 's cards dropping through the letter box , the efforts of the 15 women on the Scotland side were rewarded with a 10-0 win . |
| 12 | Automatic cameras snapped a picture of Nichola Grabauskas 's Metro number plate and the back of the breakdown truck but failed to spot the tow rope . |
| 13 | BANK staff failed to spot the age difference when 26-year-old Kenneth Wilby posed as his father . |
| 14 | I expected to see the laurel leaf in the back you know |
| 15 | Neither dispenser can be used with corrosive fluids as these materials tend to corrode the return spring and cause discoloration and contamination of the chemicals . |
| 16 | One important consideration is that techniques can be developed to stimulate the healing process and prevent the spread of pathogens which may inhibit wound healing . |
| 17 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , which sought to implement the Law Commission proposals , did not , therefore , eliminate the distinctions between conditions and warranties and innominate terms . |
| 18 | She did not want to cultivate the snob image . |
| 19 | By the time they were ready to leave she was having to use every ounce of effort to convince André that no , she did n't want to paint the town red , or any other colour , for that matter , and no , she did n't want to have any candlelit dinners with him . |
| 20 | She agrees to go the city council and lodge a complaint . |
| 21 | Added to which they all tend to wear the regulation uniform in class , complete with cap very often , so that and I stand out conspicuously in our light coloured and variegated clothes . |
| 22 | At the turn of the century the town expanded to accommodate the sugar cane workers , and a railway line led to the Haleiwa Hotel . |
| 23 | The committee agreed to inform the county council it had no objections to the proposal as long as the weighbridge was only used by landfill traffic and the pit only operated in the hours specified in the application . |
| 24 | local business is developed to meet the market demand within the country ; |
| 25 | The new course has been developed to meet the Engineering Council 's requirements for incorporated engineer status and it is hoped that all of the colleges involved will be accredited by the Engineering Council . |
| 26 | Twin rear wheels tend to obstruct the load area because they require larger wheelarches . |
| 27 | An off-duty cop spotted him slumped in the driver 's seat fumbling to find the ignition button to start the trip to Penzance . |
| 28 | Our efforts at self-help have been much encouraged by the generosity of Mr Peter Leaver , Q.C. , Mr Samuel Stamler , Q.C. , and other members of Mr Stamler 's Chambers , who have undertaken to meet the cost ofthe Law Reports and some of our journals for the next five years . |
| 29 | The number of exceedances of the eight-hour air quality standard decreased by over 80 per cent during this same period but , even so , 41 areas failed to meet the air quality standard in 1988–9 . |
| 30 | It should be noted , therefore , that the success fee is intended to compensate the Network member submitting the suggestion for identifying an original and successful prospective purchaser name and for handling the initial contact with the suggested prospective purchaser . |