Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the way they know they have to pass before they come to the triumph of Easter . |
| 2 | ‘ What makes Worsdale 's work so interesting to you ? ’ he wanted to know as they walked through the gallery , passing among the tourists and the students and the other visitors . |
| 3 | A much quoted observation by one grand old man of German science policy , Professor Heinz Maier Leibnitz , points out that German researchers who have done well in stints in the US tend to stagnate when they return to the German system . |
| 4 | If the price of gold continues to rise over the coming months , bankers will have even more reason to sell than they did in the past . |
| 5 | Respondents are asked to state whether they concur with the proposal of the FRED or to indicate , with reasons , their preference for another method . |
| 6 | Owners are allowed to discriminate when they live on the premises and share facilities such as the kitchen and bathroom with the tenants . |
| 7 | On parents ' evening/parents ' consultation sessions it 's a good idea to invite neighbouring schools serving other phases to send displays of photographs , children 's work , brochures , prospectuses etc to be arranged for the parents to view as they pass through the school during the evening . |
| 8 | If the buyer , takes delivery and , after having a reasonable opportunity to examine the goods to see if they comply with the contract , he does some act inconsistent with the seller being the owner of them ( e.g. by selling them ) . |
| 9 | If these records are too selfconsciously trying to please everybody , to sound like they matter to the person he is now , at least he appears to see the problem . |
| 10 | Down below were lots of fishing boats and I decided to wait until they returned to the harbour . |
| 11 | Over a hundred MPs in the House of Commons hold government posts at the present time and even the humblest of them — the parliamentary private secretaries — are almost always forced to resign if they vote against the government or even abstain . |
| 12 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 13 | Few know when they may see their husbands , or what to expect when they walk through the gates . |
| 14 | May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ? |
| 15 | They had studied 24 schemes at a single meeting to determine whether they fell within the embargo or not . |
| 16 | Closer , there were her outstretched fingers to study as they burrowed through the sand . |
| 17 | Yields on investment projects are notoriously difficult to estimate since they depend on the future demand for the firm 's products . |
| 18 | Some of the nomes started to sing as they sweated over the ropes . |
| 19 | Where travellers are provided with food and drink and fail to pay before they depart from the premises , they may be charged with a criminal offence ( making off without payment ) contrary to s.3(1) of the Theft Act 1978 . |
| 20 | The senate , however , consisted of more members of the nobility than of the emerging burgher class , for their economic situation was not strong enough to enable them to develop as they did in the cities of northern Italy and elsewhere in Europe . |
| 21 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 22 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 23 | In Danzig it was not possible for the Nazis to proceed as they had in the Reich . |
| 24 | Then he was off again , in and out of the torches , the slingshot whirling , the missiles impossible to see as they sped into the compound . |
| 25 | Dividend payments are not fixed , and they are much more difficult to estimate as they depend on the overall performance of the firm . |
| 26 | In this aggressive and selfish age , some golfers seem determined to operate as they do on the queen 's highway , following the " Thou shalt not pass " code of behaviour . |