Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might expect Ashley Newton to agree with Clarke . |
| 2 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 3 | Fat chance of that , or of persuading Jessica to go with her to Aunt Jane 's in Port Erin . |
| 4 | I have sent for Stirling to report here on his return when I shall make the new procedures clear to him . |
| 5 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 6 | But perhaps a pink Cadillac and James Dean to drive you away are the most desirable extras . |
| 7 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 8 | AN ATTEMPT by management at Devonport to poach the refitting of a destroyer from Rosyth Royal Dockyard has failed , but the unsolicited bid has caused two weeks ' delay to work on HMS Gloucester . |
| 9 | On Dec. 20 , after talks in Delhi with the central government , all the Cabinet ministers resigned to allow Abdullah to conduct another Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 10 | Rivals pointed to the 35 p.c. to 44 p.c. market share chalked up by Ford in the closing days of March to support their arguments . |
| 11 | One Friday , I drove out to Cardiff to attend a luncheon , and the Royal Welsh Polo Classic , at Pontcanna Fields in the grounds of Cardiff Castle , for many years the home of the Marquesses of Bute . |
| 12 | And we then took the Housing Committee down to Lambeth to see the benefits of what they had done . |
| 13 | Does he think that we should employ 5,000 HMIs to carry out inspections , or does he prefer the Labour party 's solution — that only local councils should be allowed to inspect schools ? |
| 14 | Nobody invited Miss Honey to sit down so she chose a chair and sat down anyway . |
| 15 | The Electrophone did not diminish box office receipts — on the contrary it tempted subscribers to flock to the West End to see the ‘ real thing ’ . |
| 16 | As their ‘ Eva Luna ’ album gathers plaudits for its unflinching portrayal of urban life , London 's eclectic revolutionaries take DELE FADELE round the East End to see Jack The Ripper 's old haunts . |
| 17 | If you sit on a cliff edge on Sea-lion Island to enjoy your pack lunch , as likely as not you will be joined by one or more of these amusing birds . |
| 18 | Hence the landing of the Imperial Guards to dilute the acid of resistance , and allow over seven hundred Space Marines led by Lord Vladimir Pugh to spearhead a fierce organised drive against the capital and the praetorian troopers , with whom they would cope . |
| 19 | Although he found that television is far less violent than in Japan , the United States , France or West Germany , Dr Tadecki intends to campaign with Mary Whitehouse to curb violence on the screen . |
| 20 | A memorandum of understanding was signed on Feb. 4 between the government and pro-independence leaders from the southern part of Bougainville Island to restore government services to the south of Bougainville . |
| 21 | I have encouraged Secretary Baker to continue to give his personal impact to those negotiations because that is essential , and he is clearly willing to do so . |
| 22 | The children had gone upstairs after lunch , Senga to continue her lessons with Miss Powers , her governess , Patrick to pursue his studies . |
| 23 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3–2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4–3 on aggregate . |
| 24 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3-2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4-3 on aggregate . |
| 25 | The Spanish champions were beaten 3-2 by CSKA Moscow to go out 4-3 on aggregate . |
| 26 | After the successful tour of Japan and the trip on the Trans Siberian Express across Russia , stopping off in Moscow to see the May Day Parade , Bowie travelled overland to Paris and met up with Angie . |
| 27 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 28 | In 1971 an agreement was signed with the British Channel Tunnel Company Ltd and the Société Française du Tunnel Sous la Manche to carry out the project on the basis of a mixture of risk capital and government guaranteed loans . |
| 29 | Towards the end of 1182 Richard was summoned from his war in the Angoumois to attend his father 's Christmas court at Caen . |
| 30 | In Reims during the early sixteenth century , visiting heads of state were often given wines of various growths from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne to compare with wines from the king 's own vineyards at Aÿ . |