Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parallels , such as they are , between 511 and 561 , together with the arrangements made to cope with the death of Charibert , lend a spurious uniformity to the divisions of the Merovingian kingdom , but one which is , at first sight , supported by the events of 595 . |
| 2 | The Valley Hotel is ideally situated to appeal to the overnight tourist , mid-week and weekend break markets . |
| 3 | But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver . |
| 4 | From that decision , leave was given to appeal to the House of Lords . |
| 5 | I can now consider that the new system of sponsoring foreseen by the Lawn Tennis Association no longer contains appreciable restrictions of competition and therefore the file will be closed . ’ |
| 6 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 7 | As we shall find , they became embroiled in the nationalist struggle . |
| 8 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 9 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 10 | For trimming , allow enough braid to go round the pelmet outline , or fringing for the bottom line of pelmet only . |
| 11 | You must give the exact critical values , right , if those critical values that you are using to compare with the regressionally significant whether you have serial correlation or not erm so they 're very very important and they ought to be included erm because otherwise we do n't know whether a test statistic is er statistically significant or not . |
| 12 | If allowed to go overripe , barley ears tend to fall off the stems , and heavy losses can occur . |
| 13 | ( If you 're standing , you tend to fall towards the front rather than the back of the train now . ) |
| 14 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 15 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 16 | Kyffin Williams never intended to be a painter , he planned to go into the army but was rejected on medical grounds . |
| 17 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 18 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 19 | All pupils will be taught to swim by the age of 11 . |
| 20 | Because the child would n't go into the sea , she had her taught to swim in the local baths . |
| 21 | The leader is in good health and , in Maginnis 's opinion , should stay to see through the current phase — at least until the Government agrees to a select committee for Northern Ireland , whether or not there is any devolution . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to continue to invest in the field organisation and in research and development , ’ White said . |
| 23 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 24 | If that sentiment was intended to sound like the deathbed conversion of Scrooge , I am not sure that it was entirely convincing . |
| 25 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 26 | I shall also want to talk with you about the ffruit Trees I intend to plant against the wall next y Pump Court . |
| 27 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 28 | ‘ One of them asked to go to the lavatory . |
| 29 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 30 | It was noticeable that Celia no longer asked to go to the sea although , by that time , the weather had changed . |