Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Normally the top two finishers in each event would be named in the team provided they met the qualifying time set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 32 | The official figures now show what a family would have to pay in rates or community charge if they paid the full amount . |
| 33 | Patrick stayed with that match till they reached the 7th hole , the Maiden . |
| 34 | Yet the All Black confidence and ability to dominate had sunk so low that the three minnows all had parts of the match when they outplayed the All Blacks with embarrassing ease . |
| 35 | The pacemaker maintained a good gallop as the runners swept away from the stands down towards Swinley Bottom and still had the lead as they made the long right-hand turn with just under a mile to go . |
| 36 | Hard and fast rules can not be laid down as each individual situation varies , but if nurses participate in discussion and role play , it can help them to have more confidence when they experience the real situation . |
| 37 | Ltd. following an amalgamation when they became the second largest cement firm in Britain , and it was incorporated into the A.P.C.M. combine in 1900 . |
| 38 | The women smiled their approval when they saw the bruising on her bonny white bum . |
| 39 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 40 | Many things had fallen into place as a result of his father 's explanation : drawings on lavatory walls , the shape of girl babies , the strange scufflings in Jimmy Thompson 's rabbit hutch when they put the black buck Jumbo in with Snow White … |
| 41 | This may explain why Gautier 's cat touched the mouths of the singers with her paw when they hit the particular note . |
| 42 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 43 | There was still enough ill-temper left in him to startle Vulcan into a gallop when two spurs were simultaneously jabbed into his body as they entered the straight stretch of forest track . |
| 44 | Further culinary delights await Kate and her husband when they visit the French capital a special dinner will be laid on for them at La Maison Androuet , the city 's speciality cheese restaurant . |
| 45 | But even here the story does not end , for after fifteen or twenty years , the urge to breed and migrate once again comes upon them and down to the river mouths they proceed , slithering over wet meadows by night until they reach the greater river , lying up by day in damp holes , enough water remaining in their gills to enable them to breath . |
| 46 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 47 | This policy was adopted by the government as part of its general economic strategy to cut public expenditure and meant that local authorities could only exceed a predetermined level of spending on higher education if they found the additional sums of money from the rates . |
| 48 | Similarly , it can be argued that the consultants and their professional body , the British Medical Association ( BMA ) , should dominate decision making within the National Health Service since they have the medical knowledge and expertise which the politician , the administrator and the patient do not possess . |
| 49 | I imagine it must have been a cypress tree since they prune the lower branches leaving a swordlike edge sticking up . |
| 50 | The aim was to help climbers Dave Harries and Mick Hardwick acclimatise before they attempted the first British ascent of the Polish Route on Annapurna I. |
| 51 | On the Road side , they were built erm quite a quite a while before they built the other side of the road . |
| 52 | The children in the Extract deal with their findings with more maturity as they appreciate the different species and new findings . |
| 53 | The headlamp picked out a cat streaking towards a wall , and a child without shoes between the shafts of a wooden cart , straining to pull it into an alleyway , and both images were gone in an instant , drowned in darkness as the bike sped past , the road a triangle of bright water as they rode the glittering breakers of the tramlines and swerved to the kerb of the Commercial Hotel . |
| 54 | He has described the moment which put him and his mount into Grand National legend as they approached the twenty-third fence : |
| 55 | The bride , in a white wedding gown , and the groom , in a tuxedo , clung tightly to each other as they took the terrifying plunge . |
| 56 | Shop-stewards can fail to support black workers or can participate in employers ' discrimination because they know the prejudiced opinions of their members and feel that they can not afford to lose their support . |
| 57 | Donald looked away , longingly , towards Refrigerated Delicatessen , his clear doctor 's eyes , moving expertly from Ready-packed Gravadlax , through Hand-sliced , Oak-smoked , Ready-interleaved Salmon Slices , along the twelve varieties of German and Polish sausage , the pre-packed slices of Waitrose Pastrami and Salt Beef until they reached the orderly rows of Fresh Tortellini , Cappelletti , Paglia e Fieno and Tagliatelle ( Green and White ) . |
| 58 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 59 | Wolves have now failed to progress beyond the second round since they won the then League Cup in 1980 . |
| 60 | The Vasiliki ware included some peculiar long-spouted ‘ teapots ’ and jugs : the spouts have distinctive upturned sides and a curious joint or articulation before they join the main body of the vessel . |