Example sentences of "[verb] them and [vb base] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theoretically , her biological clock is ticking away , although in practice , there is still enough time for us to split up , find new partners , get to know them and start a family . |
| 2 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 3 | I have worked with Singer machines for the past seven years , during which time I have come to trust them and admire the work that they produce , which I think can not be equalled on any other machine . |
| 4 | 11.57 / 3 Now some of the trees he planted are coming to the end of their natural life and the present Duke of Marlborough has begun a restoration programme to replace them and keep the landscape gardens they were originally laid-out . |
| 5 | If there are choice shrubs in the garden , photograph them and check the agent 's particulars , and with your solicitor , to see they are all included . |
| 6 | If it is approved , the producer and creative team can then choose a production company and director , brief them and obtain a quote which the producer will go over with a toothcomb , obtaining alternative quotes from other companies if necessary . |
| 7 | Relieving arches are incorporated into the walls to reinforce them and concentrate the load on to the eight massive piers . |
| 8 | They were infamous for tormenting and starving the blind king Phineus , until the warrior hero defied them and let the king rest at last . |
| 9 | Whether to write off loans due to the vendors appearing in the target balance sheet or repay them and reduce the purchase price accordingly ? |
| 10 | Secondly it had demonstrated that the clergy were well nigh powerless against royal tax demands : if they would not make a grant , the king could outlaw them and raise the money by fines , or he could simply seize their temporalities . |
| 11 | Part of the problem is that the children become dependent on the parents to wake them and take no responsibility themselves . |
| 12 | Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there . |
| 13 | I 've got two words to say to you , and she said them and put the phone down . |
| 14 | Theorists love sort of debating concepts and arguments they do n't want to , to , wo n't accept them at face value , they 'll actually challenge them and enjoy the rationale , enjoy discussing them . |
| 15 | Come , let us leave these fruiting lovely valleys Where we have laboured , to the men who till them And start the journey to our cloud-wreathed home Where you will live with me among the gods In joy on lofty Olympus . |