Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ enlightened classes ’ failed to appear and respond to a creed forged in their supposed interests : the propaganda of luces could no more create in Spain a bourgeoisie in the French image than the propaganda of free trade , half a century later , could create an English middle class . |
| 2 | And reluctantly MacArthur agreed to come and talk to the president . |
| 3 | That Nottinghamshire went on working reflects not simply the self-interest of its miners but more importantly the culture that their predecessors ( many of them their ancestors ) helped to create and transmit to the present . |
| 4 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 5 | She managed to escape and ran to a lorry parked nearby where she banged on the door to attract the driver 's attention . |
| 6 | ‘ I had to sit and listen to a lot of boys acting as over-privileged plonkers , ’ said Ms d'Argy Smith , whose magazine forked out £1,000 to back the end-of-term debate . |
| 7 | The ceremony was thus quite depressing when I had to sit and listen to a boring , unknown , dreary , old codger who was ‘ GIVEN ’ an honorary degree — which course did he attend ? |
| 8 | It seems that , despite the Council , pilgrims continued to come and go to the tomb of St Peter , and this was not irrelevant , for the noise and disturbance prevented many from hearing what was said . |
| 9 | No , he had to stop and talk to the men checking the steel braces , did n't he ? |
| 10 | It must also be satisfied that the adopter has not received nor agreed to receive , and that no person has made or given or agreed to make or give to the adopter , any payment in consideration of the adoption , except such as the court may sanction . |
| 11 | I mean we do n't whether she sort of it does n't say whether she volunteered to go and talk to the people in the school , but even so it 's quite it takes quite a lot of doing to stand up in front of a group of people you do n't know and talk about the work . |
| 12 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |