Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They then wrapped it in linen and concealed it about their person : to jade a horse they touched him in the pit of the shoulder with the frog 's bone : to release the horse they touched him on the rump . |
| 2 | They then wrapped it in linen and concealed it about their person : to jade a horse they touched him in the pit of the shoulder with the frog 's bone : to release the horse they touched him on the rump . |
| 3 | They bound the restaurant owner , who moaned feebly and thrashed about a bit ; then with Lambert 's aid they hoisted him to the high seat . |
| 4 | With with the free kick , it 's midway inside his own half and Blackburn as they as they do away from home they get everybody behind the ball even if they are from the third division . |
| 5 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 6 | And one after the other they kissed her on the cheek . |
| 7 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 8 | The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’ |
| 9 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 10 | At the post office next morning they knew nothing of the names of Clare or Durbeyfield . |
| 11 | What in that , all that that that ground they pushed them down the stairs during the game ? |
| 12 | In the replay they left it to the 90th and won in extra-time . |
| 13 | In the replay they left it to the 90th and won in extra-time . |
| 14 | When we signed him his ability to go out on the wing , but then at sheffield they had someone in the middle for the cross . |
| 15 | They they put him on the rail they tied him to the railway track so he 'd get run over by a train but I do n't think he did . |
| 16 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 17 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
| 18 | She kept clear of everybody in the house in case they reminded her of the ill person her uncle had become . |
| 19 | When I took her to a school for admission they sent us to the Education department . |
| 20 | For the most part they contented themselves with the material evidence available in the form of bones and artefacts , yet even when they began to observe living animals good behavioural description did not expose the factors that transformed the infrahuman primate society into a human one . |
| 21 | The first thing they ask me on the 1st tee is , ‘ Billy , tell me all about your family . ' ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency . |
| 23 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |
| 24 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 25 | Firstly , when UCCA get the form they photoreduce it for the universities . |
| 26 | The way they treated me in the mother and baby unit , it did n't seem as though it was my baby . |
| 27 | The girl comes round here doing a survey , she came round one day and we were civil to her , and just answered questions , you know the way they stop you in the street . |
| 28 | Frankie 's fall reflected the way they made it in the first place , through marketing rather than live performance . |
| 29 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 30 | We believe the police in general should be commended for the professional way they conducted themselves in the face of provocation . ’ |