Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pool is filled with water and bubbles and the kids scoot down the slide attached to the climbing frame into the bubble bath and the arms of a playworker who picks up one of the children and kisses his little red bum . |
| 2 | As the two fighters move around the area looking for an opening in each other 's defence , various manoeuvres to distract and break the opponent 's concentration can be employed . |
| 3 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 4 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 5 | The protesters shut down the bridge to bring attention to the ’ business as usual ’ attitude which has prevailed during the AIDS crisis . |
| 6 | The karate bout has some similarities with a boxing match in so far as both contestants move around the ring exchanging blows . |
| 7 | Once at Stonham the primary school pupils get off the bus leaving room downstairs which is soon filled by some of the people who have been sitting upstairs . |
| 8 | Robert Sherwood ‘ could not detect a single flaw — not one error of taste or of authenticity ’ and he particularly appreciated the absence of ‘ scenes wherein the doughboys dash over the top carrying the American flag ’ . |
| 9 | And not a snigger is heard as a group of teenage boys sit around the table talking about sex . |
| 10 | Then heavy Clouds send down the feather 'd Snow ; |
| 11 | Under these conditions , certain species of bacteria break down the waste to form methane gas . |
| 12 | Where the roots stick out the bank gives way to a hollow where the buffaloes are tethered during the day . |