Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose . |
| 2 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 3 | This practical 2-day course highlights the risks and provides you with the knowledge to contain them . |
| 4 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 5 | ‘ Next moment , he pulls out this hammer and puts it through the glass . ’ |
| 6 | The bar chart , built up as you go , shows you how you are keeping up to programme and teaches you about the idiosyncrasies of bar charts ! |
| 7 | To undertake strategic research , which takes the new ideas coming out of basic research and develops them to the point where the possibility of commercial application can be identified . |
| 8 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
| 9 | With horror and doubt on his face , the elder seizes a pitchfork and hurls it into the gangster 's back ’ It could be argued from the Kantian standpoint that the elder had failed in his duty by not upholding the sect 's fundamental principle of non-violence . |
| 10 | His business licenses him to fraternise with the enemy and casts him in the role of a Microsoft independent software developer-come-OEM , complete with an early access copy of Microsoft NT . |
| 11 | In the second the end user develops an idea for a new product that is beyond the present vision of the industry and brings it to the attention of a manufacturer or industry . |
| 12 | She puts her hands on my shoulders and steers me to the chair . |
| 13 | He brings the teddy bear and sits it on the windowsill where it can watch us . |
| 14 | It was painful , beautiful and obscure , a not uncommon state of affairs when the creator also directs , gives a running commentary on the action and writes himself into the story at the end . |
| 15 | And throws it all in puts it all on the plate cold and puts it in the microwave . |
| 16 | ‘ It makes them more responsible for their own work and gets them into the idea that they have to work outside normal school hours . |
| 17 | The PROFITBOSS takes the paper out of management and gives it to the administrators . |
| 18 | It urges them t to press for full prosecution disclosure and advises them of the frequent need to obtain their own evaluation of prosecution scientific evidence . |
| 19 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 20 | The first person puts the banana on their feet and passes it to the next . |
| 21 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 22 | So , until EMI comes to its senses and restores it to the catalogue , the Nuova Era will have to stand as an adequate , if less than ideal stopgap . |
| 23 | He is indeed , as John Taylor has aptly called him , ‘ the go-between God ’ , for he both takes the things of God and makes them real to us on the one hand , and takes our faint longings and prayers and brings them to the Father on the other . |
| 24 | Any action on the part of a religious or other teacher which undermines an individual 's awareness of his personal and family duties and leaves him with the means to claim that a ‘ god ’ will relieve him of them , is an action which is utterly irresponsible . |
| 25 | I have carried out several privatisations in my time in commercial and industrial departments , and my understanding of the word privatisation is that one takes something currently managed in the public sector and transfers it to the private sector — the last such transfer in which I was engaged involved British Steel . |
| 26 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 27 | If the rules would otherwise indicate that the Steam Tank flees then the commander battens downs the hatch and does nothing until the end of his following turn . |
| 28 | As in Between , the binary definitions on which structuralist theory is founded receive parodic treatment which voids them of their original function and uses them for the purpose of telling the tale(s) of the novel . |
| 29 | The rubber takes a grip on the shell and forces it between the rollers , which are set at just the right distance apart so that they crack the shell without damaging the kernel . |
| 30 | But cruelty in intensifying awareness contracts and withdraws it from the pleasures , even from pains not inflicted by the sadist himself . |