Sentence examples for sought to retrieve from inspiring English sources

Local military officials said mines had been placed on many bodies, apparently to kill anyone who sought to retrieve them.

The United Nations sought to retrieve the bodies of the drivers who had been killed, Mr. Egeland said.

Young had sought to retrieve samples of Fischer's D.N.A. from the National Hospital of Iceland, where he died.

Many churches in the West, however, have sought to retrieve the loss of informed faith that has occurred over several generations.

As the group's librarians sought to retrieve their property from the city, they were able to recover only about 1,000 books.

"When a TWC executive sought to retrieve the bowl of candy out of obvious concern for Harvey Weinstein's health, he fought to keep it," their suit claims.

They told police that they were seeking to retrieve a videotape alleged to show Mr. Khan sexually assaulting Mrs. Haveed.

That case seeks to retrieve $77 million, plus interest, that Lehman Brothers collected as a creditor in First Alliance's bankruptcy case.

Police impounded the cars, which the BBC is currently seeking to retrieve from the Argentine customs house in Rio Grande.

Aside from the compositional inspiration, what the architect is clearly seeking to retrieve from Modernist forebears like Le Corbusier is an unflinching optimism.

Yesterday, students were also informed via the school's Web site that those seeking to retrieve belongings left as they fled the law school building on Wednesday should report to the makeshift command center that had been organized at Sterling Memorial Library.