Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before you throw away the plastic strap which holds a four-pack of cans away , snip each ring the straps can end up in ponds and rivers , where they catch around the legs of waterfowl and wildlife , with potentially lethal consequences . |
| 2 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 3 | The children , their father Jim and other members of the first UK medical expedition to Everest , were on Aonach Mor , near Fort William , yesterday where they set up an imitation base camp for the benefit of the press and potential sponsors . |
| 4 | This method brings library users into the actual building , where they carry out a series of practical tasks concerned with location of materials , photocopying , use of catalogues , borrowing routines and so on . |
| 5 | Although they spread along the bank and searched the turbulence anxiously , there was no sign of the groom , either dead or alive . |
| 6 | Therefore a physical interpretation of vector components is that they make up a tangent . |
| 7 | It should be drawn to the attention of the guest that it is desirable that they hand in the keys if they go out and collect them from the enquiry or reception desk on their return . |
| 8 | There were so many journalists covering the Orkney story that they set up a pool system and took it in turns to go in . |
| 9 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 10 | Also , the z-axis is invariant under the flow , so any periodic orbits in the system can be partially described by an integer n specifying the number of times that they wind around the z-axis . |
| 11 | The second , and by no means less important , purpose , is that they open up a transmission channel for information from the recipient . |
| 12 | But none are so pervasive , nor so completely satisfactory , that they rule out the need for other lines of explanation . |
| 13 | The result is that they move along the beach with a type of zigzag motion ( Fig. 8.14 ) . |
| 14 | The result is that they hang around the city and most family incomes are supplemented by crime of one sort or another . |
| 15 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 16 | ‘ Most include plant extracts which have a stimulating effect on the circulation so they top up the benefits of a massage and boost your blood flow for a little longer . |
| 17 | Cut notches in end boards so they fit around the uprights . |
| 18 | Many older women probably avoid relationships for similar reasons but , once they get over the inhibitions , it can be very reassuring to know that you are accepted , varicose veins , belly and all . |
| 19 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 20 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 21 | Yes , well these , all wasps of course , er tend to er hit the fruit juice at this time of the year , and that fruit juice is very often fermenting , and you get a particularly er waspish reaction , er naturally , when er somebody goes to pick up a fallen apple or windfall pear , and they pick up a handful of wasp , inadvertently , and I think this year , particularly with a shortage of water , more wasps of all species have been driven to attack fruit , er and are feeding on the er fruit juice , much of which is fermenting . |
| 22 | And they pick up the tunes of the language . |
| 23 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |
| 24 | And that 's an it 's an ideal display see the mechanics working and they take out the cage and off you go . |
| 25 | They are n't cheap to buy or send , and they clutter up the house . |
| 26 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
| 27 | " Free ale all round tonight lads ! " he told them , and they put up a cheer of delight . |
| 28 | And they put up the flats , and I think I 'm right there , is about seven hundred dwellings . |
| 29 | They 're doing it there , and they go up the way . |
| 30 | And they always have a holiday abroad and they go out a lot , good social life . |