Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
| 2 | But when researchers cut sections of these rings , ground them down into slices so thin that they were translucent and examined them through the microscope , they found , preserved in the chert , the shapes of simple organisms , each no more than one or two hundredths of a millimetre across . |
| 3 | The Rangers will help the area and visitors by advising , guiding and informing them about the Hills and the many interests to be seen and enjoyed . |
| 4 | ‘ So , ’ Nathan pulled the towel from his shoulder and tossed it aside , ‘ after you 've tidied the galley , wipe the oilskins dry and hang them in the locker . |
| 5 | Regular use of a good cream helps keep hands soft and smooth and protects them from the onslaught of cold weather . |
| 6 | for the first crossover you take three stitches from the left and cross them with the three centre stitches . |
| 7 | Yet , there also appear dangers in resting content with proposing apparent similarities between past and present and leaving them on the table , as it were . |
| 8 | In the first of a new series , which considers the properties of various media , MARTIN CHILD examines the brands available and puts them to the test . |
| 9 | ‘ I just got drunk and threw them over the wall . ’ |
| 10 | This water originates at the Antarctic Divergence , a narrow zone close to the continent where diverging westerly and easterly winds pull subsurface waters upward and spread them across the ocean surface . |
| 11 | Clean the gunge that is probably beneath these brushes , rub everything clean and return them in the right order . |
| 12 | The men deny taking nude pictures of the girls while they themselves were naked and showing them to the children 's mother . |
| 13 | The females had dropped their young and reared them to the point where they could survive to be next year 's prey . |
| 14 | He believes it should take the parts of our lives that are most sore , most hurtful , most unspoken , most taboo and bring them into the public sphere . |
| 15 | Prune your notes if necessary and arrange them in the order in which you would like to use them . |
| 16 | What people are frightened of is buying a property , finding the tenant goes bankrupt and leaves them with the running costs . ’ |