Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some bare their souls on their feet and some bare their souls in the bars . |
| 2 | The Japanese suspend their phototubes in the water . |
| 3 | The saucy six RUN their hands up the men 's legs just as they are about to make a vital shot . |
| 4 | These lay their eggs in the nests of other birds , which then act as unwitting foster parents . |
| 5 | ‘ Yet once more , oh ye laurels , and once more ye myrtles brown , with ivy never seer , I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude , and with forced fingers rude shatter your leaves before the mellowing year . |
| 6 | All three deposit their surveys at the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex , but the data arrives in a form that can be quite hard to read , and it can take several months for the Archive to be able to supply even small amounts of the raw data in a form usable on most college computers . |
| 7 | We all like to think that we can tell the truth , but we all bend our answers to the ears of the particular listener . |
| 8 | Mrs talked about four , we 've actually agreed that there should be more homes on the list than four er for prospective refurbishment and Mr has stood up and protested that he did not produce the figures , but Professor still says you will produce figures for this and you will produce figures for that , none of us do that we all get our figures from the same place but we all get inconsistent figures . |
| 9 | If you can not avoid public roads , you should first of all discuss your plans with the police and then inform them of what you are doing . |
| 10 | Penetration , focus , timing and mental confidence all play their parts in the achievement of a successful break . |
| 11 | 5 Straighten your legs on the descent and land on the heels of your feet . |
| 12 | There is some kind of conspiracy of bureaucrats : they all have their fingers in the same profitable pie . |
| 13 | Traditional drama , contemporary theatre , experimental theatre farce , musical comedy , operetta , revue and poetry reading all have their places in the regular round . |
| 14 | 15 " Christi vices in terris agimus " ) , the pope as king and priest " after the order of Melchizedek " — all have their roots in the past . |
| 15 | ‘ Obviously we were thrilled that 12 of the Ulster team that beat the Saltires last month first cut their teeth with the development side . |
| 16 | That this House urges Her Majesty 's Government to use the decision to postpone the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill as an opportunity to make a fresh start with the future development of the EEC and in particular concentrate its efforts on the chosen agenda of the British presidency which is to extend the borders of the EEC and to create a fully competitive Common Market . |
| 17 | but er , that fibbing git Tim right he 's got a locker next to me , and he 's got velcro on his coat and if I 'm standing at my locker and he takes his coat out of , out of his locker , it always flipping pull my tights with the velcro |
| 18 | It is as though the intangible stimuli of beauty in the mundane have their counterparts in the farthest transcendent . |
| 19 | Could one of the great medieval romances , which inspired a Wagnerian opera , as well as the Arthurian legend of chivalry , romance and treachery , both have their roots in the rolling hills between Fowey and Lostwithiel ? |