serve - use in sentences

Object

  • notice: Whole streets are being bought up by Hebrew syndicates, whose first act is to serve notice on all Gentile tenants.
  • basis: Tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.
  • food: Children will be catered for from the specially prepared childrenâs menu, serving only fresh food, prepared to order.

Preposition: on

  • committee: Committee Members may not serve on any one committee for more than two terms.

Preposition: as

  • catalyst: Minerals and trace elements serve as vital catalysts for the biological reactions that take place within the body.
  • introduction: These documents were to serve as an introduction and to teach Chen to understand his own role in the 1925-27 period.

Adjective complement

  • hot: Serve hot with custard, cream or ice cream.

Infinitive complement

  • reinforce: The results of the hearing served only to reinforce the proper view of the evidence presented to the officers in April.
  • remind: If that is the case, the incident serves to remind us that Jesus has the authority to pass God's judgment.
  • emphasize: I think this serves to emphasize further the viewer looking with a kind of voyeuristic gaze into the world.
  • confuse: Further discussion on the point would only serve to confuse.

Preposition: in

  • army: He isn't trusted to serve in the army.

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