Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ He reached out to touch her fingers where they rested on the table . |
| 2 | So even if they are inadvertently or wilfully slipping down a couple of hundred more calories than they intend in the course of a day , they might still find themselves clocking up a decent weight loss on the scales each week . |
| 3 | if they would only produce the same styles that they produce for the up to size twelve . |
| 4 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 5 | It is helpful for them to recognize that if they intend to carry through what they say , they may need to reduce the number of demands that they make on the child . |
| 6 | The Treasury had accepted the idea that international facilities are a cost-effective way to support large-scale research , but is has been reluctant to provide financial incentives to attract such facilities to Britain , following the example of France and Switzerland , because of doubts that they contribute to the country 's economic wealth . |
| 7 | Gradually the haze and sweat cleared from their eyes and they focussed over the open valley they had cycled up from . |
| 8 | The height , the sky and the distance went to their heads and they skipped in the sunset . |
| 9 | Sometimes rain lashed the tarred roofs of the huts until they glistened like the skin of a seal . |
| 10 | If the new , friendlier systems do come onto the market , and if they 're bought as presents and so on , and they get into the homes and they get into the schools , then people will just learn to use them , and it 's the existing professionals who may have to change their habits to accommodate . |
| 11 | We push his legs but they buckle at the knees , so we have to hold them up above our heads as we push to make them stay straight , then as we shove and his trousers are rolled down by the rim of stone , his arms flop over the far side of the shaft rim and it suddenly gets easier to push him . |
| 12 | On the one hand there were those introduced by British or British trained educationists because they appeared at the time to represent the ‘ best ’ education ( though naturally criteria for judging quality varied widely ) . |
| 13 | They clearly have social , economic and political ramifications and affect man 's relationship with his fellow man : all men are brothers because they partake of the same reality and share the same Ātman . |
| 14 | This particular problem also exists for statistical methods since they sample from the language and assume a reliable distribution . |
| 15 | This particular problem also exists for statistical methods since they sample from the language and assume a reliable distribution . |
| 16 | This time around , Chadwick 's approach to recording the album was to spend as much time as possible rehearsing and re-rehearsing the songs before they went into the studio . |
| 17 | Crusaders are also pondering their first Euro headache — two months before they go into the UEFA Cup draw . |
| 18 | Subjects spent longer reading words when they occurred at the end of a clause or a sentence . |
| 19 | The day had turned unseasonably cold and cloudy , and they were glad of their overcoats as they trudged along the windy streets . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , master , ’ she muttered , glaring at his bronzed legs as they disappeared through the hatch . |
| 21 | So John Davies and Simon Green of the University of Leicester have collaborated with the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in Britain to look for fast-moving objects in IRAS signals as they arrive from the laboratory 's receiving station in Oxfordshire . |
| 22 | From the response of these waves as they travel through the Earth it is possible to build up a general picture of the properties of its interior . |
| 23 | He held onto his back as they leapt from shelf to shelf and soon he no longer had to shut his eyes as they flew through the air . |
| 24 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 25 | The pair became used to the waves and hoots from passing motorists , trucks and even train drivers as they journeyed to the Mediterranean coast . |
| 26 | Fierce Eyes and his mother used nets to catch them , stamping on their heads as they struggled in the loose , confining space . |
| 27 | A police constable was injured as bottles and other missiles were thrown at 300 British National Party supporters as they arrived for the rally in York Hall , Bethnal Green . |
| 28 | He stayed on the wrong side of the road , followed the tracks recently made by the police cars as they drove through the snow . |
| 29 | Barriers had to be put around their pictures when they exhibited at the Royal Academy to protect them from the crowds of ardent devotees ; reproductions of their works were sold in their tens of thousands . |
| 30 | What was the true intention of the parties when they arrived at the agreement pleaded by the defendants in para. 5 of the amended defence ? |