Example sentences of "[that] they [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Yes , c or another sign that they put up by the side of the road is was you passing this spot this time last week did you see anything .
2 This high turnover means that they come on to the unemployment register for short periods and so distort the figures .
3 One theory children produce about the origin of babies is that they come out of the bowel .
4 So I did the unforgivable , which was to suggest to my boyfriend that they go on to the summit without me .
5 Do make sure too , especially on some of the brushes that have washers ( plastic coverings ) , that they go back in the right order and that the screw is done up IN THE CENTRE of the washer .
6 They cut off their hands so that they go about for the rest of their lives with bleeding stumps . ’
7 In addition to jobs , the measurable benefits of economic TNPs include the exports due to foreign firms , and the backward linkages that they set up in the host economy , that is the locally produced goods and services they purchase , either from existing firms or from firms established primarily to supply the TNCs .
8 The ferret 's function is to frighten the rabbits so that they bolt out of the holes or to force them to retreat through the burrow system until they become cornered so that they can be dug out while the ferret holds them in that fixed position .
9 It is only if theologians go on using the old equipment ( sun goes round earth etcetera ) that they fall out with the philosophers and scientists .
10 Using cement of their own manufacture , they skilfully build tubular houses for themselves out of materials that they pick up from the bed of the stream .
11 They might think of glass-cased collections of curios , but they rarely think about the old house next door , the ridges and mounds in the field down the road , or the bits of old pottery that they dig up in the garden .
12 The reason for this is that the number of tucks within the work distorts the knit stitches in such a way that they rise up above the surface of the knitting , forming a very three-dimensional effect .
13 Alternative schemes involve giving individuals vouchers , to be used as payment for health care , on condition that they opt out of the NHS .
14 What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape .
15 Can certain individuals be directed in such a way that they stand out from the mass because they are the tellers of the story , the chief exponents in the drama or theme ?
16 That they carry back to the crevice
17 So that they float down to the next district and you do n't have to report them ? ’
18 Flowers visited by passerines are twisted such that they face back to the peduncle , on which the perching bird stands : hummingbird flowers differ in being tubular and sticking outwards making them readily accessible to hovering birds .
19 These are lectures that are pitched directly at their level erm with the knowledge that they have round about the third year in schools , so that they can see some of the problems that physics tackles .
20 Allow your children to see your own grief so that they grow up with the idea that it is a natural reaction to an unhappy situation .
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